On Friday, August 29, 2003, at 04:17 PM, Brent Beach wrote:
> I inset a dado into my bench top, about 1/4" deep and 1" wide, and 
> screwed an 8" long 3/4" wide stop into the slot. The 1/4" width 
> difference leaves a little room in the front of the stop for sawdust 
> and shavings to collect for easy removal. The stop is about 1/4" above 
> the bench top.

	An interesting solution.  I did something similar, by adding a board 
across the end of my bench, hanging on hanger bolts that are inserted 
horizontally.  The board, of the same maple as the bench itself, has 
diagonal slots by which it hangs on the bolts protruding from the end 
of the bench, secured by wingnuts.  Its height  is thus infinitely 
variable from even with the benchtop (ie, out of the way) to about 3/4" 
high, at the flick of a wingnut.  Easier to use than describe.  It's 
what I often plane against when not engaged in scrubbing or otherwise 
rough stock dimensioning.
	I thought Ken Greenberg had a picture of his version of this device on 
his website, but I can't seem to find it there now, and I don't have a 
website of my own to refer to.
		Tom Holloway