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Shooting Boards #1: 45 Degree Bevel Shooting Board

Blog entry by IkeandBerry posted 12 days ago 279 reads 0 times favorited 2 comments Add to Favorites Watch
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I am working on a project for my wife and found that I have to mitre the ends of the box for the project. I can cut these on my RAS or my table saw but they will not be exactly right, so I went off on an adventure to find plans for a shooting board that will allow me to shoot a 45 degree bevel across a 13 board edge. Needless to say I did not find any large format shooting board plans that would work for what I need to do. Some of the boards that I am working with are just over five feet long and holding that in place while pushing a hand plane to shoot the mitre can be difficult. So after some thought and trial and error I came up with a bevel shooting board that keeps the board flat and puts the plane at a 45 degree angle to the board. This allows me to shoot it like I would on a normal shooting board plus I can use the handle on the plane instead of gripping the side. It works really well. When I finish the project that I am working on I plan on drawing up plans for it and posting it for others if you are interested. Follow the link to some pictures. Pictures.


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3fingerpat

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posted 12 days ago

I like it, a very interesting concept, I hadn’t seen a shooting board like this before, well done.

-- "You get what you inspect, not what you expect"

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Scott Bryan

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posted 12 days ago

I agree with Pat, that is an interesting looking board. I have not added one of these to my shop since my hand tool skills have been sorely neglected but I definately can see a need for one of these.

-- With God's help all things are possible- even woodworking. Woodworking is not just a hobby, it is an (expletive deleted) expensive hobby.

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