Even without any vices fitted, the dog-holes make it possible to clamp up work-pieces in quite a variety of positions, using either dogs or the cheap hold-fasts.
The piece being held is the main part of the leg-vice. At the nearer end of the bench, the tenon for the end cap has been cut. I haven't yet got around to cutting a suitable piece of wood and making the corresponding mortice.
These two pictures show the leg vice in place (with a dummy bolt substituting for the vice screw):
Annoyingly, I cut the leg vice about 2mm short, so I am adjusting the screw position and the wooden piece that supports it at the bottom. The bit of rough board clamped on top was to show Fergus (age 4) what all the holes were for.
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