A while back I built an MFT-style workbench. It's built in the form of a torsion box that has access to compartments that I use for tool storage like the tool trough on a conventional bench. It's covered with 104 20mm dogholes that capture sawdust, fasteners, and all manner of detritus, all of which falls into the compartments which are a PITB to clean out.
I was hoping there'd be some plastic plugs I could buy that would be both cheap and easy to insert or remove as needed. All I found were some beautifully machined aluminum plugs, but buying 104 of them was going to break the bank.
After poking around on Amazon, I found a solution:
Uxcell Foam Rubber Weather Strip
$13.29 was well within my budget and it's really about 21-22mm so it fits snugly in the doghole.
I tried to cut it on my craft mat, but that proved unwieldy, so I threw together the world's simplest jig:
This made it easy to make reasonably square cuts. Only 97 more to go!
After finishing all the plugs, I still had this much left. Each plug is about a quarter inch thick.
I made a little tool to push them 1/8" below the surface.
They pop out easily to set up any fixtures.
I was hoping there'd be some plastic plugs I could buy that would be both cheap and easy to insert or remove as needed. All I found were some beautifully machined aluminum plugs, but buying 104 of them was going to break the bank.
After poking around on Amazon, I found a solution:
Uxcell Foam Rubber Weather Strip
$13.29 was well within my budget and it's really about 21-22mm so it fits snugly in the doghole.
I tried to cut it on my craft mat, but that proved unwieldy, so I threw together the world's simplest jig:
This made it easy to make reasonably square cuts. Only 97 more to go!
After finishing all the plugs, I still had this much left. Each plug is about a quarter inch thick.
I made a little tool to push them 1/8" below the surface.
They pop out easily to set up any fixtures.
