 Free Hold Down Strips for Workbenches plans - Traditional-style workbenches provide several means for securing your work. Unfortunately, they are expensive to purchase and time consuming to make. Some of us are limited by existing space and benches. I decided to modify my existing 30 inch by 14 foot workbench by adding hold down tracks, rather than a side vise and tail vise. I have used these two hold-down patterns elsewhere in my shop. They are made from laminated hardwood scrap, 3/8 X 16 t-nuts, and carriage bolts with their heads ground flat on two sides so they can be inserted anywhere along the track. Templates and tool bases can also be secured to the workbench using the tracks. The existing workbench was an inch and a half thick lamination of plywood...
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