Mitre shooting board

[labr@]

Over the past few days I've had a go at making a mitre shooting board. Use melamine coated chipboard in the hope that the plane would slide easily on it and it would last a reasonabl time. It seems to have turned out OK so far. The piece of timber I tried it out on is not flat so although the angle is at 45 degrees the edge is bowed.

It took a lot of time with a block plane to get the angles of the supporting wedges just right but I think it's paid off.

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Going to be tied up for most of the the next week so will have to wait to see how it goes with a true board.

I get the feeling I should have made this years ago.

[KeithP]

A well made and tuned shooting board is a must have for mitred box making. You will wonder how you ever did without one.

Regards
Keith

[Fuzzie]

I'll need one eventually. I've been looking at various donkey ear pictures and yours looks like a unique design. An original design?

[labr@]

An original design?

Only in the sense that I didn't follow someone else's plan - it was another "work it out as you go". It was a case of either have the workpiece or the plane sitting up at 45 deg deg and it seemd like the plane would be easier to use at an angle.

As Keith indicates, it is one of those things you should build earlier rather than later. I only recently built a square one too and haven't used it in anger yet but it's going to save time and also make the quality better.

[derekcohen]

Bob, yours is indeed one of a kind! I have never seen a mitre shooting board that references on its side - with the sole sticking up in the air. Obviously it works. I do wonder at the ergonomics involved. (There are other designs for consideration - if you are interested, I will post some ... but if yours works, stick with it ).

Regards from Perth

Derek

[62woollybugger]

Bob, yours is indeed one of a kind! I have never seen a mitre shooting board that references on its side - with the sole sticking up in the air. Obviously it works. I do wonder at the ergonomics involved. (There are other designs for consideration - if you are interested, I will post some ... but if yours works, stick with it ).

Regards from Perth

Derek

A mitre shooting board is on my list of things to make, so I'd love to see a few different types before I start.

[derekcohen]

There are a few designs. One that resembles Bobs is a design by another Bob - Bob Waring ..



Michael Connor makes a version of this for sale ...



I've built two different types of mitre schooling boards. The first is a reversible type, where the shooting plane is used in opposite directions. This is great for picture frames ..



The other is a donkeys ear, which is for longer pieces, such as boxes ...





There are details here: http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furnitu...tingBoard.html

Regards from Perth

Derek

[Tiger]

A well made and tuned shooting board is a must have for mitred box making. You will wonder how you ever did without one.

Regards
Keith

Totally agree, mitred boxes are unforgiving, only have to be a fraction of a degree out and the final box will show it. Hardest part about making a mitred shooting board is calibrating it, and then you have to make sure it doesn't move too much with the elements.