Comments on: Two-way bench hook https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/01/30/two-way-bench-hook/ inside the woodshop Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:29:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Rob https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/01/30/two-way-bench-hook/#comment-32768 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 03:29:09 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1069#comment-32768 Steve,

I use a bench hook for work on only small pieces of wood, but of course there’s more than one good way to do things. Good luck with your work and thanks for reading.

Rob

]]> By: Steve H. https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/01/30/two-way-bench-hook/#comment-32765 Sun, 20 Feb 2011 02:34:07 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1069#comment-32765 Hi Rob-

You and Tom F. got me hooked on the bench hooks (bad pun). But you can’t have only one if you’re working on longer pieces. So I now have about 4 or 5 of them to support stuff all along the bench top. Tomorrow I’m going to try putting a 3/4″ dowel into a hook to anchor it in a dog hole. We’ll see how that works out.

–Steve.

]]> By: Rob https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/01/30/two-way-bench-hook/#comment-31983 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:33:29 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1069#comment-31983 Simon,

Good idea. It would have to be a snug fit to avoid rattling. A snug fit in June would be a loose fit in February so a shim or wedge system may be needed. Oops, I think that’s getting too complicated for me.

If you try that design, please comment again to let readers know how it goes.

Thanks.

Rob

]]> By: Simon Frez-Albrecht https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/01/30/two-way-bench-hook/#comment-31980 Mon, 14 Feb 2011 02:22:49 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1069#comment-31980 Hey, to make the device even simpler to use, you could extend it the full width of the bench so that it hooks on both sides. Then you wouldn’t have to push the hook onto the bench with your off hand, and could focus on steadying the hook. Something like what Tom Fidgen describes in his book.

]]> By: Rob https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/01/30/two-way-bench-hook/#comment-31395 Wed, 09 Feb 2011 01:46:20 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1069#comment-31395 Thanks for reading, Jeremy.

]]> By: Jeremy https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/01/30/two-way-bench-hook/#comment-31327 Tue, 08 Feb 2011 07:02:24 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1069#comment-31327 Excellent read… I especially like your last statement “simple and proven effective”. For household projects especially if you are not a pro or not an expert or a trying hard simple is such a very favorable thing.

]]> By: Rob https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/01/30/two-way-bench-hook/#comment-30301 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 01:01:51 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1069#comment-30301 Thanks for the comments.

Jim: Sounds like a great idea. It would have to be a snug fore-and-aft fit in the dog holes to avoid moving during sawing. Please let us all know how it goes if you build it.

Hey, now that I think of it, I guess a bench hook for pull saws could simply hook over the edge of a tool well at the back of the bench, or just the back of the bench itself, though it would be a long bench hook.

Many ways to work wood.

Rob

]]> By: Jim B https://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2011/01/30/two-way-bench-hook/#comment-30297 Tue, 01 Feb 2011 00:44:31 +0000 http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/?p=1069#comment-30297 I’ve been planning to make a bench hook suitable for pull saws and thought another way to help secure it would be to put one or two pegs on the bottom that fit into dog holes on the bench.

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