Although simple to make, commercially made bench hooks are available.

Usually, the stop is shorter than the width of the bench hook's base and offset from one edge.

A bench hook is a workbench accessory used in woodworking.

Another accessory commonly used is the bench hook.

There is a bench hook for people who are left handed as well as right handed.

Bench hooks are used with hand tools such as the backsaw, hand plane and chisel.

They also manufactured a "crescent bench hook" which was advertised as "the handiest device for carpenters' bench yet made."

In use, the bench hook is laid flat on the bench top with the hook hard up against the edge of the bench.

This is so that when using the bench hook in cutting operations, the wood may be sawed all the way through without the stop interfering with the saw.

A shooting board consists of a flat board, the base, with a stop at one end, similar to a bench hook, on which the board to be planed is rested.

The purpose of the bench hook is to provide a stop against a piece of wood being worked can be placed to hold it steady whilst cutting, planing, or chiseling that piece of wood.