Drilling Workbench Dog Holes Using a Simple Alignment Indexing Jig - In the Shop 003
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- In The Shop with Tom Grissom, Ph.D. Episode 3 - Drilling Workbench Dog Holes Using a Simple Alignment Indexing Jig.
In this episode I demonstrate a simple index drilling jig for aligning dog holes on my new (under construction) workbench. 02/15/2017 -tg
Brilliantly simple, clear and precise. Than you so much, I must have just watched 50 videos that have over complicated this far to much.
Of all the tutorials of how to drill accurate dog holes, yours was the most straightforward and easy to understand. I thank you for your effort in making this video as it helped me to drill my dog holes without a lot of measuring and guessing.
You just saved me $199 on woodpeckers hole boring jig. Thank you kindly!
Simple is always best! Thank you.
Agree with Jon Bratton: nice, straight-forward, simple set up. Thank you.
And nothing stopping you from a 20mm/96mm system just change out the bit! Brilliant.
That was a touch of genius!
This sure beats the guide system for dog holes that I almost purchased for $240 plus shipping and handling. But theirs did look really cool tho. The bench looks fascinating!
By far the best and simplest method on youtube. Thank You .
Thanks for taking the time to upload this useful tip, Tom.
Loving that workbench design there, too.
Very clever and useful. Thank you!
A simple and clever technique, like the idea
Great job Tom. Thank you for sharing.
Very nice, smart and simple. Thanks for sharing the idea...🙂👍🇨🇦
Great idea for drilling dog holes! Do you have a video on how you built that magnificent workbench?
Great Idea. Thanks I will now be able to make a bench like yours
thanks for sharing...that is a great idea!....also you could use pegboard (4 dollars for a 2x2 sheet...then just square it up on the table and run pilot holes with it and then drop the real holes or just drop a 3/4 inch forstner bit right through everything?...A pegboard is on 1.5" Centers if I am not mistaken...and comes with the edges factory squared ;)...kinda handy....your jig made me think of that idea ...thanks again!
I really like your idea!!!👍👍
Great video Tom. How about the workbench itself? Did you make a how-to video on it?
Hi Tom, nice exlaination and tutorial for making nice equally spaced holes! Cool!
So simple. So smart. Thank you.
Just what I needed. Thanks!
Great idea, thanks!🎉🎉
Nice and easy, thanks Tom.
Tom, nicely done. Which drill guide are you using?
Brilliant Tom!
Thanks Tom, great video.
Such great work from dog holes?
Nice one!
Brilliant!! Thanks so much for the video!!
Thanks for a wary great video, you helped me a lot! :-)
Absolutely brilliant idea
Great Idea
Brilliant :)
That’s great! What are you using? Drill press brand? Drill bit?
Thank you for posting. I am about to drill my bench with the same way. Is there a reason yours are so close ? Is it specific if to something you’re building ? Thanks again Ben
Great video. Where can I get a drilling guide like yours?
WHY YOU HAVE NOT UPLOADED MORE VIDEOS, WE ARE MISSING SIMPLE IDEAS OF UTILITY ....
*great*
Best idea yet except I won't markup my benchtop as I'll have the stops of your jig.
Hi Tom, 4-inch centers to centers, is the distance you recommend
Want to emphasize that the biggest potential fail-point of this system, which you don't stress in the video, is that the line through the hole centers must be as close to perfectly parallel to the guide fence as possible. This is actually the trickiest and most critical part of the jig to get right. Easiest way to ensure this happens accurately is:
1) After drilling the holes in the jig the desired distance apart, on your table saw rip a scrap piece of wood to a width equal to desired distance between the bench edge and the holes' edges (table saw ensures parallel edges);
2) put a couple dogs through the jig's holes from the top side of the jig;
3) use the scrap piece you ripped as a spacer to place the jig's fence, by placing one edge of the spacer snugly against both dogs on the bottom of the jig, and place the fence snugly against the other edge of the spacer;
4) fasten the fence to the jig, remove the spacer board.
The pair of holes and the fence are now perfectly parallel, ensuring there will be no "drift" of the line you're drilling.
I had to read this 4 times (cuz I'm slow) but finally it clicked. Solid method. I will incorporate your advice when I add my dog holes. Thanks.
Jeff Mazur, great tip, always the most simple is the most elegant solution!
I had to read it 6 times and I still don't get it
I’m confused...
Darn, I was hoping the comment replies would provide a cliff notes version.
Great tip! Thank you for this video!
brand of drill guide?
Nice.
What is the distance between each dogs
A couple of people asked the name of the Indexing Jig but i have seen no answer. Where can we purchase the jig?
+Edward Williams
He made it himself.
It is a bit of MDF with a bit of wood for a guide that is put on so as to act as an accurate guide along the side.
Go back and watch the video again and see how the talk about it. He uses a dog then to put into the hole so that he can have repeated drilling at the exact same distance every time.
how about your wokbench et look special