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bench hook
noun
- a device with a hooklike part fitting over the front edge of a workbench as a means of preventing an object from slipping toward the rear of the bench.
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Example Sentences
The bench-hook is the best device for holding a great deal of small work for sawing and for planing sides, corners, and ends.
If the cleat is a little wider than the height of the block on the bench-hook, the bench-hook serves well to hold it.
The two handles can be planed best if held in the bench-hook and the plane turned with its side on the top of the bench.
The portion cut off between the doorways can be sawed with the tip of the back-saw if the board is laid flat on the bench-hook.
Pare the curve from each end with a chisel, holding the spring endwise in the bench-hook.
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