Get a Grip

[Jim Koepke]

Holding odd shaped items can be a challenge. Here is a simple one for a round object:

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Three dogs with a wedge kept coming loose. The scrap of poplar pushing the round piece into the two dogs held it solid.

jtk

[Jim Matthews]

No dogs on your vise?

[lowell holmes]

Cleaver, way to go Jim.

[Frederick Skelly]

Another good idea Jim.
I always enjoy your "workholding" ideas.

How do you hold thin stock, say 1/8 - 1/4?

Fred

[Jim Koepke]

No dogs on your vise?

The dogs on the vise are holding a jaw extender:

https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?261911-Hold-On

Since the vise racks, a spacer stack is also used:

https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?183743

There are likely other ways to do the same thing. It all depends on what one has on hand.

jtk

[Jim Koepke]

Another good idea Jim.
I always enjoy your "workholding" ideas.

How do you hold thin stock, say 1/8 - 1/4?

Fred

A racking vise can be an advantage if you can take advantage of the racking:

https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?258381

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The shim stack keeps the vise from compressing the thin piece which would cause it to bow. The dogs are wood (or sacrificial) and the face is slanted for a better grip. If one wanted they might put some pins in the dogs to possibly hold the work a little better.

Another way is to hold one end with a clamp while planing.

jtk