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Bench Hook: a Beech Bed with a Fence on Top and a Hook Below
A bench hook holds small work for sawing across the grain: a flat bed with a stop on top at one end and another underneath at the other. The lower stop hooks over the front of the bench; you hold the work against the upper one, and its end guides the saw. Three pieces of beech, glued and pegged.
The picture: sawing on a bench hook with a backsaw.
Beginner
An afternoon
Instructions
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Cut the pieces
Cut the pieces
Plane a beech bed about 300 × 200 × 20 mm, and two stops about 40 × 30 mm in section: one as wide as the bed, one 25 mm shorter (our sizes).
Materials for this step:
Beech Lumber1 pieceTools needed:
Tenon Saw
Hand Plane
Straightedge2
2
Fix the stops
Fix the stops
Glue the short stop across the top at one end, flush with the left edge, and the full stop under the other end. Clamp, drill and peg each with two wooden pegs.
Materials for this step:
Hide Glue0.03 kg
Straight Wooden Shaft1 pieceTools needed:
C-Clamp
Hand Drill
Carving Mallet
Large Pot (lower, for water bath)
Glass Beaker3
3
True it
True it
Check that the top stop is square to the bed edge and plane it true; saw the pegs flush.
Tools needed:
StraightedgeHand PlaneTenon Saw4
4
Sizes
Sizes
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Materials
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