A bench hook is a simple woodworking workbench appliance used to hold a workpiece steady for a range of tasks, most commonly to brace wood being crosscut with a hand saw, though it is also used to hold stock still for carving, planing or other work. By keeping the workpiece from sliding as it is worked, a bench hook improves both the accuracy and the safety of hand-tool woodworking.
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Bench hooks are documented as a simple shop-made woodworking appliance, but no source consulted fixes a first-use date for the tool. OriginA bench hook is simple enough in construction that woodworkers typically make their own from offcuts and scraps of timber or sheet goods such as plywood, rather than buying one. 1 Connections
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Bench Hook is used in Woodworking.
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1. Bench Hook (Wikipedia)
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Bench hooks are simple in construction and though they can be purchased, they are typically made by the woodworker from offcuts and scraps of timber or sheet goods (such as plywood).
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