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  1. 4th February 2007, 09:22 AM #1
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    Have been doing some research on shooting boards, seems most are designed to handle short work pieces, I am wondering if it's practicle to make one up to handle material up to 2m long x approx 35mm thick or are there practical limitations that would prevent this
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    Santalum, wouldn't an outrigger support be all you need? I might have missed your point??
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    Quote Originally Posted by Santalum View Post
    Have been doing some research on shooting boards, seems most are designed to handle short work pieces, I am wondering if it's practicle to make one up to handle material up to 2m long x approx 35mm thick or are there practical limitations that would prevent this
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    I assume you want to square the 35mm end to the 2m length?

    If so, the size of the shooting board (up to a point) doesn't really matter. Place the 'end you want to square' up against the shooting board stop and support the other end with a block of wood to get it level.

    If you are needing to square the 2m long faces up to each other then judicious use of a plane and try square, or a jointer is the way to go.
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    There really is no point Dave, am very new to this game and am investigating possibilities and options.
    Outrigger support!!! another foreign word
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    Santalum, wouldn't an outrigger support be all you need? I might have missed your point??
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    If you are needing to square the 2m long faces up to each other then judicious use of a plane and try square, or a jointer is the way to go.
    Thats exactly what I want to do Bob.
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    I assume you want to square the 35mm end to the 2m length?

    If so, the size of the shooting board (up to a point) doesn't really matter. Place the 'end you want to square' up against the shooting board stop and support the other end with a block of wood to get it level.

    If you are needing to square the 2m long faces up to each other then judicious use of a plane and try square, or a jointer is the way to go.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Santalum View Post
    Have been doing some research on shooting boards, seems most are designed to handle short work pieces, I am wondering if it's practicle to make one up to handle material up to 2m long x approx 35mm thick or are there practical limitations that would prevent this
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    No problem at all.
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    Thanks Dan.
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    No problem at all.
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