The bed fence and hook were all sawn from a single piece of thick stock.
Woodworking bench hook. How to build a bench hook. Only 5 left in stock order soon. Bench stops and hooks work by preventing a workpiece from wandering while dressing it with a hand tool. Make a router plane.
It s a great choice for a first time hand tool only project. Early bench hooks were made from one piece of wood. Because a bench hook is a woodworking appliance that is built to take abuse there is no need to use a nice piece of lumber. Not only do these great tools improve the safety of all of those tasks they also allow for much greater accuracy.
It s deceptively sophisticated and exceptionally simple to make. The bench hook is without question one of the most indispensable tools in my wood shop. In its most basic state a bench hook is basically just three pieces of wood attached in such a way that they are able to use gravity to hold your work still as you are sawing planing or chiseling. X y sliding drill press table.
Maximum clamping 7 1 4 in a 2 thick benchtop. The holdfast is designed for 3 4 hole in a workbench top of a 1 3 4 thick or thicker. Compact drill press table. Later bench hooks were made from three pieces of wood but the grain of the fence and the hook were at 90 to that of the bed so your bench hook could self destruct thank you seasonal expansion and contraction before the appliance got completely chewed up by your saw.
The force of gravity and the force of using the tool up against a solid fence is all that it takes to keep the work from moving. Deluxe bench hook shooting board. In many cases this mechanical advantage provides all of the holding power you ll require to complete a particular task without the need for additional levers or hold downs. The side pieces have ali tube fitted to guide a piece of wire the back has a lip like a woodworking bench hook and it is locked into place with an old clamp from an anglepoise lamp the cup hook on the side is for winding rubber off the model.
We have discovered that while the holdfasts work great they will work even better and in more benches if you just rub a little 150 or 220 sandpaper around the stems. Save 5 with coupon. 21 98 20 new offers woodworking vise 10 5 heavy duty steel front bench vise with mounting screws metal clip clamp for wood working engineering welding. A bench hook is a simple wooden appliance that hooks against a workbench s edge and is used to hold pieces of wood while you cut them with a cross cut back saw.