Hi all,
TL:DR will this design for a round spring loaded bench dog work?
I have FINALLY finished the front top of my workbench! I have some holes drilled out at a 2° lean for the tail vise and I was thinking about the benchdog design. A commonly read complaint about the spring loaded round dogholes is that over time the spring can groove out the hole in the bench preventing it from pivoting and reducing the grabbing power of the hole. I don't know if the threat is real, only that I have read it a bunch of times.
as a result of that and rainy weather that prevents me from getting work done I tried to come up with an alternative.
I would love to hear the creeks thoughts on the design - basically would it work, if no, why not.
the design is my own, but if anyone feels like it is worth it, they are free to use it non commercially.
anyway here it is:
benchdog.png
The idea is to wedge a dowel into the hole in the center of the benchdog that is slightly larger than the drilled hole (say a 1/64") this should cause the "legs" to seperate and act as the spring against the sides of the hole. the dowel would then be flushed with the dog.
any *constructive* thoughts?