Drilling Bench Dog Holes With A Router
The lipped brad point style scores the perimeter of the hole for clean entry and smooth sidewalls.
Drilling bench dog holes with a router. To make a lot of consistently sized bench dog holes i setup a plunge router with an adjustable fence. That s tricky manny because redrilling the holes to correct the angle might help the bench dogs sit flat but could create a. Now i ll move onto making bench dog holes and holdfast holes.
I even bought the bit. Yet another workbench dog hole creation demonstration video. Also discussed is sele.
My favorites use the fewest tools and jiggery not everyone has a big plunge router with massive bits or can clamp a drill press to the benchtop. I am using here a template for routers for 20 mm ho. Since you are using the same forstner bit in all drilling operations a secure fit of the bit in the jig is guaranteed.
I drilled 3 4 holes for bench dogs in my workbench that unfortunately aren t spot on perpendicular to the top as a result my shopmade dogs made with 3 4 dowels don t sit flat photo above how can i fix this. Manny rivera austin texas. How to make a jig to aid in accurately drilling repeatable workbench dog holes in a benchtop for tools like holdfasts and wonder pups.
Way back when i was still in the design phase of this workbench i had originally planned to drill the dog holes in the benchtop using a spiral up cut bit and my plunge router. Shaky and beware of the loud vacuum cleaner. Secure the jig to work bench and carefully drill hole.
There are dozens of ways to drill dog holes that dead nuts plumb and i ve written about many of them during the last 17 years. The fence allows me to add the bench dog holes at a perfectly consistent distance from the edge of the workbench. This method uses a 2 4 a drill and a bit.
