My New Bench Dogs

[ForumMFG]

These are made of Stainless Steel, Qwas are not.  Stainless steel is a lot harder which means if you drop them, they most likely will not get damaged.

I kinda got the impression that bench dogs were often made of softer material so that they would limit damage to tools, for example when planing a piece of wood.

Veritas make their Round Bench Dogs and Bench Pups out of brass, and their website says "Brass dog is less damaging than steel to a sharp tool edge."

Forrest

Forest, that is ture but if you have a flat spot on the dog itself you don't have to worry about it.  I used the stainless because it was free.  They didn't have aluminum in stock.  If I wanted aluminum, I would of had to order a 10' stick in just to use 6" of it.  That would of cost me a lot of money.  With that said, I love stainless steel and prefer to have anything metal made from it.

 

[score0matic]

I know how uptight people can be about the content of certian posts/threads and where they are located.  If anyone has a problem with anything that has been stated above,-Dave

Yeah Why didn't you put this under amazing inventions ;D
Craig

 

[ForumMFG]

I didn't invent it!  It's such a basic design and I just changed a couple things. 

 

[danrush]

I kinda dig the flat edge of Dave's dog, mostly because I'm used to the stationary end of the clamp set for the MFT I suppose,  but is it really neccessary?  Unless you're working with really, really soft wood (like Balsa model airplane wood) what are the chances that you can clamp so tight to damage the work piece against a round peg? 

 

[Jimhart]

I know how uptight people can be about the content of certian posts/threads and where they are located.  If anyone has a problem with anything that has been stated above,-Dave

Yeah Why didn't you put this under amazing inventions ;D
Craig

Craig,

From reading a couple of books that trace the history of workbenchs, I'm going to take a wild stab that bench dogs first appeared around 1200, give or take a couple hundred years.

Jim

 

[Nigel]

I use 20mm aluminium tube.Nowhere near as nice as dave's or Quas dogs (it's just pipe really).These can be set at any height for cutting the likes of 6mm or 10 mm ply.Very cheap 5 or 6 euros half meter length.When I finish cutting the ply just push them down flush.Don't use for clamping just squaring up.Anyway this easily obtainable in France not sure about USA.Nigel.

 

[RONWEN]

I most often use the Qwas dogs for referencing a work piece on the MFT.  They definitely rate a place in the amazing invention section -- very handy!

When I want to clamp a prismatic work piece I often use these Black & Decker dogs that also fit the MFT holes with a snug fit ( they have a retaining "barb" that I file off).  They are actually molded to very close tolerances & could be used for referencing if desired.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000QE7E4U/ref=ox_ya_oh_product

 

[ForumMFG]

Rowen,

See, thats the point of my dogs.  The flat spot can be used just like the black and decker ones and the clyinder portion can be used for the same thing, set up.  So it's a 2 in 1 deal and thats why I made them the way I did.

Is the flat pot really neccessary?  I think so, I'll use it whenever I work with softwoods or if I don't want to chance getting marks on my workpiece.  If you look, most bench dogs are made with a flat spot.  It's very helpful.  I can have a flat spot on the dog without effecting the purpose of having them in a cylinder shape.  So why not have it?  It's like a bonus.