5″-Long Wooden Bench Dogs Now In Stock!
Do you have or are you building yourself a workbench with a thick top and 3/4″ round dog holes (can you say, “Roubo”)? We have great news for you! We have filled all the pre-orders for our 5″-Long...
View ArticleNew Dogs are Better than Ever
For years, woodworkers from all over have chosen to equip their workbenches with our famous Wooden Bench Dogs. They appreciated that the dogs always stayed where they were left – they never dropped...
View ArticleBench Dog Kits to Complete your Bench
A good workbench is a necessity for working with hand tools and dogs make it easy to keep your workpiece from moving around on the bench. To take advantage of our 3/4″ Wooden Bench Dogs, you simply...
View Article1″ Bench Dogs for Roubo Fans
A few months ago during an episode of #Woodchat on Air, Garth & I met Mark Hicks of Plate 11 Bench Co. After the show, we came to an agreement that saw Mark become the first vendor of our Wooden...
View ArticleBuilding a Bench, Part 1
I’ve been meaning to build a new bench for myself, and last month, I had that opportunity. I started with two 10-foot long slabs of Douglas fir, roughly 12″ wide and 3″ thick. I flattened one face of...
View ArticleBuilding a Bench, Part 2
In the first part of this series on building my bench, I surfaced the two Douglas fir bench slabs. My next task is to install a wagon vise, using this tail vise hardware I bought from Lee Valley Tools,...
View ArticleBuilding a Bench, Part 3
The first part of this series saw me dress the two bench slabs and in the second instalment, I installed the wagon vise. My next step is to bore holes for bench dogs and hold fasts. It’s important that...
View Article3/4″ Dogs Now Back In Stock
We are always trying to keep up with the production of the bench dogs to keep you guys out there supplied, but things happen. After many years of hard work the drive belt on the Port Moody shop table...
View ArticleEasyDog Hole Kit Options
The EasyDog Hole Kit is a great package to install dog holes in your bench. The high speed steel router bit cuts a precise hole to a depth of approximately 2″ (most plunge routers will allow you to...
View ArticleDusty Life Bench Build Off Aug 28 – Sept 18
I have been wanting to do a series of posts on work holding for a while now, but just never got around to it. Work holding fascinates me, from something as simple as a screw as a bench stop, to bench...
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