Originally Posted by
Blake M Williams
My bench is a tad thicker than 3 inch. I will sand a little bit more tonight, or just take a file to it. I didn't think of a bench stop, I did buy some 3/4 dowel for making a few dogs, I'll make either the stop or dogs tonight and test them out with the holdfasts. I'm still new to doing all this with just hand tools. Thanks a lot for all of your suggestions, would you guys recommend leather in my vise also? I added wood faces to it and the slightest tap makes the work piece move, I really hate tightening down to much, leaves a slight indention.
For the vise faces you may also consider cork. Cork is available in sheets with adhesive backing very inexpensively at many art stores, kitchen supply and home improvement stores.
jtk
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