I have 3/4″ holes in my bench and the Gramercy holdfasts work great on those holes. I did a few tests before I bored my holes, to make sure they worked with what I was planning. I had read if you have a really thick bench top you might have to go with a little bigger hole. Gramercy recommended a 3/4″ hole and that works very well, even in my thick bench legs.

What are the larger holdfasts you have seen? I found very few to choose from, besides the cast-iron ones that I have snapped with one blow of the mallet .

Mike

I will put in a plug for the holdfasts. I have the Gramercy holdfasts too and use them all the time. My only complaint is that I drilled 1″ holes on the front apron of my English style bench and the holdfasts are much smaller (5/8″ I think), so they won’t work in those holes.

Also, there are holdfasts on the market that are larger than the Gramercy ones. I have wondered if they might not be more handy.