Holding odd shaped items can be a challenge. Here is a simple one for a round object:
Holding a Round.jpg
Three dogs with a wedge kept coming loose. The scrap of poplar pushing the round piece into the two dogs held it solid.
jtk
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Holding odd shaped items can be a challenge. Here is a simple one for a round object:
Holding a Round.jpg
Three dogs with a wedge kept coming loose. The scrap of poplar pushing the round piece into the two dogs held it solid.
jtk
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- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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No dogs on your vise?
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Cleaver, way to go Jim.
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Another good idea Jim.
I always enjoy your "workholding" ideas.
How do you hold thin stock, say 1/8 - 1/4?
Fred
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The dogs on the vise are holding a jaw extender:Originally Posted by Jim Matthews
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
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- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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A racking vise can be an advantage if you can take advantage of the racking:
https://sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?258381
Planing Thin Stock.jpg
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
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- Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)
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