Pop up bench dog

I wanted to make some bench dogs to my work table. Why not make them pop-up bench dogs?

I used IKEA push latches (for kitchen cabinets, called UTRUSTA) and pallet oak wood for the bench dogs. The work table that I have is just made of some construction plywood.

I made a simple housing/casing for the push latch and bench dog, so I can reuse it when I come around to build a new workbench in the future. The case is made of some scrap pieces of plywood, wood glue and a few nails.

The construction of this is simple and pretty straight forward.

Regarding the push latch. It's actually a bit too long. That is why I made a cut out in the bench dog, so I can turn it, to lower it a bit. If I would make this again, I would have look for some shorter push latches. But - I have to admit - the height the bench dog springs out in the air is awesome. I played far too long with this, and I'm happy every time I use it. It works, and its fun. Makes me smile when it just fly out like that. I guess this may qualify as a weird IKEA hack.

I would like to have all my chisels loaded with these types of push latches. It would be super cool and a bit dangerous...

Please observe! This is not my original idea or design. I have seen alot out there, but the one that I saw first and really had in mind making my version was :

John Zhu
   • $2 Pop Up Bench Dogs - Quick Easy Sim...  
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Cactus! workshop
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Artist: Nicolai Heidlas and Stefan Schaulinski
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