Clever adjustable shooting board

[steamingbill]

I have a really solid table saw, but, where it is critical I cut my mitres with a plane on a 45 degree shooting board. Any decent hand plane (if you do not have a shooting plane) and a home-made shooting board will produce the best 45 degree cuts you have ever seen. Much quieter too.

This post from Xanthorrheas made me start searching for shooting boards. Didn't realise that people used them for accurate mitre joints, I don't know much about hand tools. When making picture frames and other tight joints I always used my triton and made a final trimming cut to size, far less than a millimetre wide. Keen to have a go at learning how to sharpen the plane properly and use a shooting board.

Thought this was a clever one, I liked the micro-adjust mechanism.

http://woodarchivist.com/wp-content/...ng-Board-1.jpg

Had some doubts about the way the chap in figure 326 on this page is using his particular jig, wont he ruin the profile by ripping out fibres on the unsupported edge ? Or alternately is that less likely if you have the sharpest possible plane ?

(The Mitred Joint)


Bill

[joez]

Looks like a Wooden Version of the Rogers Mitre Planer. Ive always wanted one, missed on on Ebay years ago, still regret it

Generally shavings are so thin tear out isn't an issue, also shooting board supports the board to further protect it from tearout.



More info here:
Millers Falls Company History: Clemson Brothers, Albert Goodell, Langdon Mitre Box

Patent Info Here:

https://www.google.com.au/patents/US264766?dq=264766&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjf0aHgpa_TAhXEgrwKHaXiDeIQ6AEIITAA