The toeing in ability of angled dogs (say 3 degrees) enables you to hold narrow work without the tendency for it to lift off the bench. Yes you can use less pressure to stop the lifting and sometimes the holding is not enough. I do notice the improvement with toed in dogs.
For every problem there is a solution. My bench is factory made so the dog holes are drilled at 90º. The solution for me was to toe in the top of the dogs:
Pop Up Dog.jpg
They do well at holding thin stock:
Planing Thin Stock.jpg
This also demonstrates how the 'weakness of vise racking' can be used to advantage by use of an 'anti-rack spacer stack' as a regulator on the vise pressure.
jtk
Last edited by Jim Koepke; 11-15-2019 at 10:44 AM.
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