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Researching work benches will often show many examples of the sliding deadman. I opted not to put one on my bench because I valued drawer space more.

On the rare occasion when I need to support a piece from the bottom I'll just use a clamp in expansion mode.

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[–] thisbenzingring@lemmy.today 5 points 6 days ago

my wife always laughs at my clamps... but its things like this that make me yell

Hey Sweety, check this out!