bench hook

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Noun1.bench hook - any of various stops on a workbench against which work can be pushed (as while chiseling or planing)bench hook - any of various stops on a workbench against which work can be pushed (as while chiseling or planing)
catch, stop - a restraint that checks the motion of something; "he used a book as a stop to hold the door open"
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It won't skid away from students and doesn't need a bench hook to hold it down.
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(O) We finish up inside at the kitchen table using this homemade bench hook. The stop is set at the thickness we want the pork chops to be, about an inch.
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When you have to hold something in place while you chisel, plane, belt-sand or anything else that requires a lot of pushing or pulling motion, build yourself a bench hook. Build it to suit the job at hand, any size, in only moments.
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