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Next, make the bench dogs (pieces 19 and 20), as shown in the dog detail drawing on page 5. If you don’t plan to build the drawer cabinet, cut a plywood panel to fit between the side stretchers in the base for a storage shelf. If you plan to build the drawer cabinet, follow the drawings shown above.

The vise comes with instructions, so follow them for installation. However, you do need to make handles for the vise. Make them from a length of dowel. Then, flatten one side on four 1½"-diameter wood balls, and secure them to both ends of the dowels with dowel screws.

The jigs I developed for the T-slot system are shown in T-Slot Jigs on page 3. These are a small sampling of what’s possible with this system, and with time, you’ll probably invent many more.

I sprayed my bench with lacquer to protect it from spills and then put the bench to good use. At the end of this project, you, too, will have a sturdy bench, a checkbook that isn’t as light as it would have been if you had built a European-type bench, and a lot more flexibility for holding your work.