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#/4"-dia. Backer board Locate holes
Spade bit prevents in guide to
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drilling
tearout on position dog holes
bottom face in benchtop as
detailed on page 36

Bench Dog Holes

There are a few things to keep in mind when you drill
holes in the benchtop on the multipurpose shop cart.
Use dowels
First, you want each of the three rows to be straight.Then to index guide
the rows need to be parallel and each set of holes need to and drill
remaining holes
be aligned. Finally, the holes should be drilled square to
the benchtop. That’s a lot to keep track of.
To take some of the hassle out of drilling the holes, I
made the drilling guide you see in the drawings above
and at right. The guide helps keep the spade bit square
to the surface and sets the spacing of both the holes and
rows on the benchtop.
The guide is just a piece of plywood with two sets of
guide holes. I drilled these at the drill press to make sure
they’d be square. A cleat on one edge of the guide regis- plywood on the bottom face of the benchtop to prevent
ters it against the side of the benchtop. tearout as the bit exits. To accurately position the guide
I used a couple of clamps to prevent the guide from after drilling the first set of holes, slip a couple of dowels
shifting during use. And I placed another piece of through the guide (drawing above).

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