treesner Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 (edited) So I’ve used workbenches with dog holes and holdfasts and I love it. However when I built my roubo bench I couldn’t bring myself to drill a bunch of holes in it as i figured I’d drop stuff through the holes all the time. is there any good solution to plugging those a holes but bring easy enough to pop in some holdfasts when I need to? saw this design and thought it looked pretty good Edited October 30, 2020 by treesner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 I honestly can not think of a single time that I dropped anything through one of the dog/holdfast holes in my bench. I use them to hold chisels as much as anything else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 2 hours ago, wtnhighlander said: I honestly can not think of a single time that I dropped anything through one of the dog/holdfast holes in my bench... Me either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gee-dub Posted October 30, 2020 Popular Post Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 Dogs with springs (metal or wood) simply press flush with the top. Just make them long enough to poke through the bottom a bit so you can push them up when needed. I use small bullet catches to apply a bit of pressure to keep the dog wherever I set it height-wise. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhighlander Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 @gee-dub, what sort of sheet stock is that bench made from? Looks like MDF face, but has plywood layers??? And I have to ask, do you just enjoy Altoids, or do the tins perform some heretofore unmentioned magical function in your shop? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VizslaDad Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 1 hour ago, wtnhighlander said: @gee-dub, what sort of sheet stock is that bench made from? Looks like MDF face, but has plywood layers??? And I have to ask, do you just enjoy Altoids, or do the tins perform some heretofore unmentioned magical function in your shop? Not to speak for Gee-Dub, but that looks like hardboard/masonite set into either a lamination of baltic birch sheets or 1" bb plywood. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robby W Posted October 30, 2020 Report Share Posted October 30, 2020 @Treesner - just fill the dog holes with dogs set flush with the bench top. Take it out when you want to use a holdfast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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