Popular Woodworking 2006-06 № 155, страница 44
Securing wide workpieces using your bench vise alone can prove troubling - the vise's screws lim it how much you can grab securely. However, with the help of a handscrew clamp secured to your workbench, you can clamp almost any width. The drop-down stop at the end of my workbench is a remarkably effective way to secure boards for planing. The ability to adjust the stop allows me to plane thin or thick stock with ease. Planing thin stock can be difficult. I tap a couple escutcheon pins into a piece of plywood and brace that against my drop-down stop. The heads of the pins are just high enough to secure the work. The drop-down stop can be used with other workbench accessories to clamp other challenging parts. Here, a V-block and wedge allow me to clamp a long, narrow piece on edge for planing. often use the drop-down stop that I attached to the end of the bench. This simple device is just a strip of 3/4"-thick plywood that's attached with hanger bolts. (Hanger bolts have a machine thread on one end and a wood screw thread on the opposite end.) The plywood is slotted to allow for quick adjustments to the height of the stop; simply loosen the wing nuts and slide the stop upward into position to accommodate the stock thickness. After planing, simply loosen the wing nuts and drop the stop out of the way. You've probably seen bench dogs used for holding stock when planing; one dog fits into a row of holes bored into the benchtop, the corresponding dog 42 Popular Woodworking June 2006 |
