Planing Jig - Thickness Planing By Hand

I think I get it, but what keeps the workpiece from sliding? Cool idea!

The published tip (which I can’t reproduce in full due to copyright reasons) recommends clamping “a piece of wood to the end of the base to act as a stop, making sure the surface of the stop is below the level of the piece being planed.” In some cases, double-faced tape may be used on the spacer to keep the workpiece from bowing.

Instead of clamping, I plan to add/screw a removable stop at the end.

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Thanks. This will work great for smoothing out the saw marks from ripping the pieces. I’ve planed them before, but I had problem with getting the thickness even, especially at the beginning and end.

-- Dale Manning, Carthage, NY

I can see many times where this would be helpful.

Thanks for posting.

Greg

-- "Hey, you dang woodchucks! Quit chuckin' my wood!"

Or you could get one of these.....

-- Just because you’ve always done it that way doesn’t mean it’s not incredibly stupid.

Very cool idea. I wish I had the bridge city version, but I have a better chance of being hit by lightning.

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Great idea for a jig, wonderful job, thanks for sharing

-- Norman