{"id":8645,"date":"2026-04-09T09:32:50","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:32:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/?p=8645"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:32:50","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T13:32:50","slug":"holding-wood-by-the-edge-of-the-bench-top-part-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/2026\/04\/09\/holding-wood-by-the-edge-of-the-bench-top-part-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Holding wood by the edge of the bench top, part 3"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Let us continue with the previous post. If the wide piece of wood being held in the front vice is also fairly long, we need a second system<\/strong> that grips the right side of it. Otherwise, it will tend to slip down due to weight, especially pressure from planing the edge straight and square with a #5 or #7.<\/p>\n

The photo above<\/strong> shows the system in action.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

There is an aluminum T-track<\/strong> (\u201cT-slot track\u201d) (3\/4\u201d wide x 3\/8\u201d deep) screwed into a slot in the bench top made with a router bit. A small space on the left side of the slot allows you to easily enter the clamping device. The slot is not extended into the opening for the right-sided bench vice. The T-track never interferes with any other use of the workbench.<\/p>\n

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The workpiece is held with a quick-release toggle clamp<\/strong> with an anti-slip tip. It is attached with four screws on a sturdy piece of hardwood 3\/4\u201d x 10\u201d x 2 1\/4\u201d. The toggle clamp is screwed in near the end of the wood piece.<\/p>\n

This toggle clamp is GH-225-D. This holds the work I use.<\/p>\n

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A 1\/4 x 20 x 1 1\/2\u201d T-track bolt<\/strong> is at the mid-point of the wood piece. It tightens with a three-branch star knob.<\/p>\n

To use it:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Attach the toggle clamp device in approximate position on the T-track. Set the workpiece in the bench vise, using the compensating thickness piece on the left side of the vise (see the previous post<\/em>), and tighten.\u00a0 <\/span>Then set the final position for the toggle clamp and tighten the T-track bolt.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then adjust the height of the toggle clamp based on the tightness to the workpiece, set it, and tighten it<\/strong>. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

This system allows adequate pressure to hold the right side of the workpiece. You can work well.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What about<\/strong> larger pieces and needing even more support on the right side of the workpiece? Coming up on the next post!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Let us continue with the previous post. If the wide piece of wood being held in the front vice is also fairly long, we need a second system that grips the right side of it. Otherwise, it will tend to slip down due to weight, especially pressure from planing the edge straight and square with […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jigs-and-fixtures","category-tools-and-shop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8645"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8645\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8652,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8645\/revisions\/8652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rpwoodwork.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}