Essential workbench accessories?

[Mike Davis]

What do you consider to be the most important and useful extras to go with a workbench?

 

[Mark Gottesman]

I have a adjustable arm lamp with a magnifying lens that is portable. Another bench tool that sees a lot of use for atypical clamping jobs is a zyliss multivise, but I think your top is to thick for it maybe. Reading in the thread I started on tool trays has led me to consider adding some T-track to the edges for holding boxes and other bits and bobs.

 

[zapdafish]

dog holes and this
http://www.woodcraft.com/product/160635/armor-tool-autopro-inline-dog-clamp-armor-p7il.aspx


I no longer need to bother with a tail vise to clamp anything. Awesome for keeping things in place for sanding, hand planing, etc.

 

[Rwe2156]

Aside from vises,

bench dogs,
bench hook,
shooting board,
plane stop (for face planing wider boards),
task lighting,

I use shelf liner material quite a bit to grip and prevent marring finished side of wood when planing and doing joinery.

 

[Phil S]

Holdfasts by Gramercy from Tools for Working Wood

 

[Chris C]

Twin screw vise...this one is ugly but very effective.

 

[Mike Davis]

That one is on my list and I even have some parts delivered.

 

[Bill Clemmons]

An assortment of bench dogs, for holding not only square pieces, but also odd shaped pieces.

 

[JimD]

I depends on your type bench but mine is a Paulk MFT type and I want these:

http://www.woodcraft.com/Product/48...-MFT-SP.aspx?gclid=CMC9uPeCo8oCFQ6SaQod0CQMnQ

Those ones linked above are interesting too. For now, I am using Grizzly track saw clamps (2 for $25 when I got them) and modified HF quick clamps. I removed the fixed end and bent and twisted the bar so it would anchor to the bench top. I also plan to use plastic workmate inserts instead of metal "dogs", at least initially.

 

[Grimmy2016]

Woodworking skills! :rotflm:

What do you consider to be the most important and useful extras to go with a workbench?

 

[donald.woolley]

I find that I use a doe's foot quite often. Mine is made of 1/4 inch white oak with sandpaper glued on the bottom. Mine is 3 inches wide, but I would probably make it wider now so that it is in holdfast reach of more dog holes.

 

[Mike Davis]

How far apart are your dog holes?

 

[donald.woolley]

I have two rows, spaced 7 inches apart. The front row is spaced at 3" and the back at 9". The back row is mostly used for holdfasts and one end of an oak planing stop that spans the two rows.

 

[Mike Davis]

I may have gone overboard on such a small bench, but I have two rows of dog holes starting five inches from the end vice and every five inches for the full length of the bench. I think the rows are about eight inches apart. Most of this I never measured, just set a mark that had to clear one thing or another.

 

[tarheelz]

Those holdfasts from Gramercy are probably used by me as much as any vise. Fantastic old technology made new.

 

[michaelgarner]

You won't go wrong with these.

http://www.finewoodworking.com/workshop/article/4-bench-jigs-for-handplanes.aspx