A few months ago I got a couple of Gramercy Holdfasts from Toolsforworkingwood.com. They can be found by clicking here.
Simply put, they are inexpensive ($29.95 a pair) and fantastic. They quickly and easily hold the wood in the workbench with surprising strength, but with enough delicacy to minimize the risk to the wood. Any workbench with 3/4" round dog holes and sufficient thickness should work fine.
They are one of those tools that I didn’t know I needed until I had them.
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Matthew Sanfilippo is currently Executive Director of PSII (Pennsylvania Smart Infrastructure Incubator) and the CenSCIR (Center for Sensed Critical Infrastructure), Associate Director of ICES (Institute for Complex Engineered Systems), and Associate Director of PITA (Pennsylvania Infrastructure Technology Alliance) at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU).
Prior to CMU, Matthew was Director of Applied Technology for Michael Baker Corporation, a large engineering and energy services firm. Matt managed a technology consulting division for Baker including Geographic Information System (GIS), software and web development, multimedia, virtual reality (VR), visualization, Global Positioning System (GPS), mapping and surveying services.
Before joining Baker, Matt was an Innovation Director for Redleaf Group, a Venture Capital/Operating Company focused on Information Security, Supply Chain, Network and Mobility Solutions. While at Redleaf, Matt managed technical due diligence for seed-stage investments and coordinated relationships between Redleaf and their partner companies after investment.
Prior to Redleaf, Matt was CIO of GZA GeoEnvironmental Technologies, a Boston-based engineering firm, and operations manager for their Internet start-up division that focused on web-technologies for health and safety and manufacturing metrics.
Matt is current board member and past Chairman of the Board for the Botanic Garden of Western Pennsylvania, a board member of the Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation (PHLF), and a former member of the Information Sciences and Technology Advisory Board for the Pennsylvania State University Beaver. Matt is also a former Vice President of the Pittsburgh Chapter of the Association of Internet Professionals and former Vice President of the Board of Trustees for Baker Combined Charity of Pennsylvania.
You are so right about holdfasts. They make clamping things to the workbench soooo much easier and quicker. They were one of the best tool investments I ever made (and I went crazy and got the pretty ones from Phil Koontz. Maybe one day I’ll be a fine enough craftsman to live up to the beauty of these holdfasts.)