Introducing Flat Face Bench Dogs - Perfect for Horizontal Clamping

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Introducing the Flat Face Bench Dog, combining the convenience of a cylindrical 20mm bench dog body with a pivoting flat face that provides more surface area for your layout and fixturing needs. When working with traditional rectangular panels, the sides of a cylindrical dog provide a very small tangential bearing surface. If you're using cylindrical dogs with a horizontal clamp, there is the possibility of marring the edge of your workpiece, depending on the clamping strength and workpiece material utilized. By providing a CNC precision milled flat face measuring a generous 1½" (38.1mm) in width and ½" (12.7mm) in height, these bench dogs can serve as dependable fixturing aids or work stops, especially when used in conjunction with inline clamps such as our Power-Log Toggle Clamp. The dog head can also be freely rotated to accommodate angled fixturing applications, such as mitered or triangular workpieces.

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[PaulMarcel]

ha! the GRX-PE v2 is exactly what I tried to make in the shop recently (but chickened out). I have a sticker on my v1 that says "CLAMPS!" to remind me to put the clamp in before the GRX cuz I'd always forget until I wanted to slide it in. Nearly cut off one side of the clamp the other day to effectively make it a v2. Glad you saw the correction!

Now, the flat-face dogs should have been called "Frenchies"...  [big grin]

 

[Cheese]

I really like the flat face bench dogs...I have a couple of older pairs that Veritas marketed that work really well for fixtures. I use both the 3/4" height and 1/2" height versions. I'll pick up a set of these because I like the swiveling feature.  [smile]

The new v2 guide rail square is also nice, that's a big improvement over the original.

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