Introducing TSO Power-Loc Bench Dog

[TSO_Products]

Introducing the TSO Power-Loc Dog
The Best All-In-One Bench Connector & Fixturing Dog​

We're excited to release the latest addition to our growing line of 20mm bench dogs: the TSO Power-Loc. Featuring an innovative, patent-pending cam action and swiveling locking lug, Power-Loc Dogs completely eliminate the need to use a clamping knob from beneath your workbench. Simply insert the dog through the top of a chamfered 20mm hole, turn the socket head cap screw clockwise, and watch as the locking lug rotates out and draws upward, securing your worktops, fixtures and jigs with powerful clamping force.

Just like our popular Smart Connect Dogs, Power-Loc Dogs provide an ideal means of connecting Paulk-style layered worktops. Rather than relying on clamps (expensive, bulky and imprecise) or traditional 20mm bench dogs with collars (which take up valuable worktop space), Power-Loc Dogs provide precise registration and--because they sit flush or just beneath your work surface--won't interfere with your work.

[size=18pt]The TSO Power-Loc Dog is in stock and available right now!

From Hans, Eric and the rest of the TSO Products team, thanks to the FOG for all of your support![/size]

Watch this video to see the new Power-Loc Dog in action!​

 

[PaulMarcel]

Noice... and ordered haha! 2 for the Origin Workstation and 2 cuz I'll think of something else before they arrive.

 

[afish]

nice, now just make them with a shoulder too so you can use them as bench dogs too, sort of like the super parf dogs only better. 

 

[Bob D.]

I ordered a pair because I can use them exactly as shown with my Kreg pockethole jig. I have my K4 jig mounted on a piece of plywood and I use a pair of short dogs with some knobs to secure it to the MFT/3 when I need it. That lets me attach the jig without taking up too much space on the MFT as I let the jig hang out over the side but it is still secure.

Using the Power-Loc dogs will be easier than reaching under the MFT to secure the jig. And the price is reasonable too.

I may get a second set as I am sure I will find more uses for them in the future.

 

[TSO_Products]

nice, now just make them with a shoulder too so you can use them as bench dogs too, sort of like the super parf dogs only better.

[member=73094]afish[/member] - we're listening.
Keep the ideas and pictures of Power-Loc in use coming!

Hans

 

[Cheese]

Ya, if these had been available 5 years ago, it would have saved me some time from having to turn & tap special 20 mm dog hold downs for my bench vise.  [smile]

What size thread is that through-bolt Hans?

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[Stan Tillinghast]

I note that the top of the 20 mm hole needs to be chamfered.
Does anyone know of any problems in using the table with holes chamfered at the top?

They would be potentially beneficial for me with my back problems, to avoid bending over to screw in the knob from under the table.

 

[mike_aa]

Maybe Hans [member=61691]TSO_Products[/member] has other comments, but here is a chamfering tool available on:
https://tsoproducts.com/accessories/ujk-chamfer-tool/

Mike A.

 

[Bob D.]

[member=44099]Cheese[/member] , I've been using these from McMaster-Carr. The 19mm shoulder fits nicely in MFT holes. And the M8 thread works with the the rest of my dog hardware. They are tapped all the way through so long bolts are no problem.

 

[afish]

Sorry to say the chamfer tool linked doesnt work as well as a trim router and chamfer bit.  I used to own it and got rid of it.  AS luck would have it I just got done flipping an old top over today and I chamfered it with a trim router and it was way easier, faster, and provided a better result without killing my hand. 

 

[Dr. P. Venkman]

I note that the top of the 20 mm hole needs to be chamfered.
Does anyone know of any problems in using the table with holes chamfered at the top?

I’ve never had any problems with a chamfer - only benefits.

Sorry to say the chamfer tool linked doesnt work as well as a trim router and chamfer bit.  I used to own it and got rid of it.

I’ve never used the tool, but I have used a cordless trim router, and I’ll second [member=73094]afish[/member] comment that it was easy and worked great.

 

[Stan Tillinghast]

Well, cordless trim router it is, then...unless dust collection is inferior to the OF 1010.

 

[vkumar]

TSO product specifically says "We do not recommend using the fixed-cut-depth of the UJK Chamfer Tool which is not suitable for plywood"

 

[Rob Z]

Cheese,

I normally don't wish to have what other people own, but I will admit to coveting that Starrett vise !  [big grin]

Ya, if these had been available 5 years ago, it would have saved me some time from having to turn & tap special 20 mm dog hold downs for my bench vise.  [smile]

What size thread is that through-bolt Hans?

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[mike_aa]

TSO product specifically says "We do not recommend using the fixed-cut-depth of the UJK Chamfer Tool which is not suitable for plywood"

Thanks, I didn't read the fine print!  I wondered why Hans did not mention the chamfer tool in his video.

 

[Cheese]

Cheese,

I normally don't wish to have what other people own, but I will admit to coveting that Starrett vise !  [big grin]

That's funny Rob...I could covet your wife but I'd never covet the Starrett...unless of course the two were inseparable.  [big grin]

 

[TSO_Products]

Ya, if these had been available 5 years ago, it would have saved me some time from having to turn & tap special 20 mm dog hold downs for my bench vise.  [smile]

What size thread is that through-bolt Hans?

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[member=44099]Cheese[/member] -
the thru bolt is: Screw, M6x1.0-50, SHCS, SS
I have two vises, a small English made RECORD which has served me well for decades mounted on a platform is showed in our Power-Loc video. My other vise, not quite as large as your STARRETT, does not get used as often but will also see its platform resized with 20mm, 96mm OC hole pattern.

These shop aids also make me aware of how many uses there are for our Parf Guide Systems [wink]

Hans

 

[TSO_Products]

I note that the top of the 20 mm hole needs to be chamfered.
Does anyone know of any problems in using the table with holes chamfered at the top?

They would be potentially beneficial for me with my back problems, to avoid bending over to screw in the knob from under the table.

[member=1170]Stan Tillinghast[/member] - we have been selling the AXMINSTER UJK Parf Super Dogs since they first came on to the market and have never had even a question relating to the effect of chamfering the worktop holes. Since all FESTOOL MFT's have an MDF top, cutting the chamfer is very easys because machinability is one of MDF's desirable attributes.

Stan and [member=30413]mike_aa[/member] - the AXMINSTER made Chamfer Tool we have been selling works very well for the intended purpose: chamfering MDF. We have had a few customers disappointed* who overlooked our website statement that we don't recommend the Chamfer Tool for use on plywood. The Carbide insert in the Chamfer Tool works very well in the small fibers of the MDF but can shred the top veneer layer in plywood as it alternately rips and crosscuts the veneer grain.

For any larger number of holes to be chamfered I keep a small trim router  set up with a Chamfer bit locked in at the required depth.
For these reasons the router/chamfer bit and AXMINSTER Chamfer Tool both have their place in our shop. The trim router needs dust collection and makes noise.

Hans

* our unedited customer reviews show a few reviews to that effect.

 

[Rick Herrick]

Got them today, work just fine.  None of these holes are chamfered but for this use, it really isn't an issue.

 

[DynaGlide]

I have the K4 jig. I just take the gray Festool screw clamp from below and slide it over the jig to lock it to the bench. Looks like that might not work with the K5.