That's not a Shooting Board...This is a Shooting board

[Chris Parks]

This is how a board edge is done in Norway

https://skottbenk.com/2014/02/28/joi...skottbenk/amp/

https://skottbenk.com/category/ord-og-uttrykk/

and threading the vice screw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_969YQ4JDdg

It is a pity we only see part of the internet, the english part.

[planemaker]

Thanks Chris; that a neat design.

Stewie;

[planemaker]

Looks like I have an old plane design to replicate in the near future.


Stewie ;

[Lappa]

I like it. Makes a lot of sense seeing the shooting plane set up.

[Chris Parks]

If you follow the links from the english blog there are some interesting pages.

[rwbuild]

The video is well worth watching, I worked with a carpenter from Norway and his skill with an axe was absolutely amazing.

[Kuffy]

I swear I have the mind of a child. The hand plane looks like a bobsled to me. And I watch a youtube movie about the shooting bench and it looks like the big Norwegian is pushing the bobsled up to speed before needing to jump in it and race down the track.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N97nZLCNhG4

[IanW]

Chris, a couple of things sprang to mind:
When I saw the shooting bench my first thought was 'how did they get the two boards used as ways, straight? On a longer jig like that, of course. No, wait a minute, the ways for that would have to be straightened too.....

I'll grant it's an ingenious system, which anyone should be able to use to straighten an edge, so don't let me stop anyone from putting another project on their list. But for those of us with limited shop space, it's probably better to put the time & effort into learning to use a long jointer plane. I can see its attraction, however - I've been at it for half a century, but I still have days when I take many tries to get an edge perpendicular because I over-correct a slight lean one way, only to make it go the other. After several repeats of this sort of fiasco, I start worrying the board won't end up wide enough for where it has to go!

And seeing him cut the thread on that ~ 2 1/2" screw makes me envious. It's probably Birch, which cuts like butter, but is reasonably strong & does the job well. There are so few native timbers I've struck that you can successfully thread with that style of threadbox as easily as that. I suppose the compensation is that once you do manage to get a thread on something like Bull-oak, it should last a few more generations...

Cheers,

[Fuzzie]

Let's also not ignore the usage. It looks like the boards being work by this manner are destined for structural wood cabin construction, not cabinet joinery. Slotting together slabs for a wall is a world away from trying to reproduce Georgian furniture.

[bsrlee]

Have a rummage through its sister site - Hovelbenk. There are lots of older posts over the years with clear photos of gear from the Vasa and the castle that they stopped work on back in the late 1600's and all the tools were just left in place and are near new - even the scaffolding.

[Chris Parks]

Thanks bsrlee, I find it interesting some of the pics show an imperial rule being used to illustrate timber sizes.

[woodPixel]

That thread cutter is pretty amazing: Wood thread cutter

[xxx the next le]

Another one from the same channel: