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1. 
   BG | Mar 04, 2007 11:58am | #1

   mikeybabe,

   Here are a set of plans I downloaded some time ago...

    

    

   
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   mikeybabe | Mar 05, 2007 12:32pm | #4

    

   Thankyou BIG GUY,

    

   Or what ever BG stands for ?

   I have poured over your plans

   and will finds parts of it very useful

    

   THANKYOU,

   Ciao,

    

   Mike

2. 
   douglas2cats | Mar 04, 2007 03:36pm | #2

   Here's a collection of links to shooting board stuff I've bookmarked over time. I think only a couple have actual plans but there is good info on all I think.

   http://www.amgron.clara.net/planingpoints/rampedboard/rampindex.htm
   http://www.sydnassloot.com/bbuckner/MitrePlane.htm
   http://www.hntgordon.com.au/jointinglongboards.htm
   http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?t=28659
   http://www.amgron.clara.net/planingpoints/shuteingboards/shuteingindex.htm
   http://www.cornishworkshop.co.uk/shootingboards.html

   If you build it he will come.

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   mikeybabe | Mar 05, 2007 12:38pm | #5

    

   Thankyou Douglas 2 cats 3 cats 4 cats ,

    

   Your just a wealth of information.  I was

   looking on the internet for this kind of info

   and do you think I could find anything?

    

   THANKYOU AGAIN this is a good start for me

    

2. 
   djchurn | Mar 13, 2007 12:09am | #14

   Douglas:

   I saw your message about shooting boards and liked the one at the cornishworkshop. I do have a question though.

   When shooting miters how is the triangular jig attached to the fixture?

   I like the logic of this board and the info at that site and decided to build one.

   Thanks in advance for your help.

   David

    

    

    

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   douglas2cats | Mar 13, 2007 01:09am | #15

   Wish I could help but bookmarking a bunch of them and making them is 2 different critters:-) The only ones I've managed to do so far is one for putting bevels on the long edges of boards and a real small one for block plane use doing angled pieces on small inlay segments. I'm sure someone here knows the answer though.

    If you build it he will come.

2. 
   derekcohen | Mar 13, 2007 04:16pm | #16

   David

   I think that you are referring to my ramped shooting board (with add on mitre fence).

   View Image

   When I built this originally, it was made with a fixed straight fence. About a year ago I modified this to use an adjustable fence. The advantage is obvious - it can be fine tuned when necessary. (See bottom left picture - this one, too, has been replaced with a nicer looking fence - see picture below).

   View Image

   You can see the hole in the fence to which the mitre fence is added. This is also evident in the top right hand picture. The advantage of this connection is that the mitre fence may also be adjusted slightly (other types of fences are attached to the base of the board with dowels, but this means that they cannot be adjusted).

   Hope this helps.

   Regards from Perth

   Derek

   Edited 3/13/2007 9:20 am ET by derekcohen

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   djchurn | Mar 13, 2007 11:35pm | #17

   Derek:

   Thanks for your informed reply. The question I still have though is do you secure the triangular fixture used for shooting mitres on to the jig or do you just rest it against the straight fence?

   I am going to incorporate the finely adjustable 90 degree fence as I have seen you reply to in the past.

   Thanks again,

    

   David in Cleveland Ohio

    

    

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   derekcohen | Mar 14, 2007 04:43am | #18

   David

   The mitre fence is attached with a bolt (that is set into the mitre fence) that runs through the straight fence (which is attached permanently), and then clamped tightly with a butterfly nut.

   View Image

   Regards from Perth

   Derek

3. 
   Keef | Mar 05, 2007 07:37am | #3

   BG and MB, I just wandered in.  THanks for the links BG.  After reading several of the articles I learned why the shooting board does not get cut away while shooting http://www.cornishworkshop.co.uk/shootingboards.html and that  a cramping block is used with a cramp (UK word for clamp and clamping block-HA!)  http://www.amgron.clara.net/planingpoints/shuteingboards/shuteingindex.htm.

   Dang, the things I learn fro you guys- thanks for the links they were very informative.

   KB

1. 
   mikeybabe | Mar 05, 2007 12:45pm | #6

    

   Hey Keef,

    

   That Cornish Workshop was a veritable

   source of information hey . . .  I was there

   for ages checking it all out.   Can you believe

   I want to make a workbench and then when

   I finish the workbench I want to make a

   Cello  (laughs) . . .  WHY AM I LAUGHING

   I'm deadly serious.  I'll be scraping away

   for years working my fingers to the bone he he.

    

   I'm so excited I can finally get a lump of timber

   square on all sides now using just a hand plane

   So now I think I'm hot stuff he he.

    

   Ciao,

    

   Mike

    

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   derekcohen | Mar 05, 2007 02:44pm | #7

   Mike

   Here is another link. I note that the connection from Alf's website to mine is not active.

   http://www.wkfinetools.com/contrib/dCohen/z_art/shootBoard/index.asp

   Regards from Perth

   Derek

1. 
   ukalf | Mar 05, 2007 07:25pm | #8

   It is now. If you don't tell me, Derek, chances are I won't know... Same goes with the rest of the site - it's pretty external link-intensive so if anyone finds a dud, please do let me know.Cheers, AlfP.S. Glad you enjoyed it, Mikeybabe - brings a warm glow, that does :)

2. 
   mikeybabe | Mar 07, 2007 02:20pm | #9

    

   Hi Derek,

    

   You shouldn't have sent me

   that link I spent most of my time

   drooooling over the Marcou Planes. 

   I want one badly.  And I thought

   My Clifton and Lie Nielsen planes

   were great ?  Goes to show there

   is always something better around

   the corner. 

    

   Ciao,

    

   Mike

2. 
   Keef | Mar 09, 2007 08:18am | #10

   MB,

   I'm laughing too cause I have a workbench in process and my "Make your own guitar" book just arrived.  Great aspirations.  I do believe that a Cello is several orders of magnitude (100x at least) more complex than a flat top acoustic guitar. 

   What bench design are you looking at?  WHat kind of vises?

    

   KB

1. 
   mikeybabe | Mar 09, 2007 12:17pm | #11

    

   Hey Keef,

    

   I'm making a bench of my own design

   I'm afraid it isn't very practical.  But it's

   beautiful and functional for how I like to

   work.  I'm making it out of Western

   Australian Jarrah of which I am laminating

   the pieces together so I end up with

   a bench 3 meters long the legs being 15cms

   thick and 42 cms wide to accomodate

   a Lie Neilsen quick release vise.  Of which

   I am having the handle turned in Jarrah

   instead of the traditional maple.

    

   I'll send you a picture of the plan if you like

   I have it on my lap top somewhere.  The

   bench is in 5 pieces and it bolts together

   through the top with brass pins and the

   legs are held in place with wooden pegs.

    

   It looks like something out of stone henge.

   And can double up as a side board in the

   house if I'm not using it.

    

   As for the Cello.  I have a female friend

   that plays at the con and I'm going to use

   hers as a pattern.

   Apparently you need moulds for the so I'll

   research that when I finish my bench in

   a years time (laugh)  Wish there were more

   hours in the day.  Working and trying to do

   projects gets to be a bit of a drag.

    

   I'm getting confused as to who everyone is

   your MB right?

    

    

1. 
   Keef | Mar 10, 2007 09:09pm | #12

   Yes, send me the plan when you have a minute.  Actually Mikeybabe, you're MB, I'm KB- KB and everything else without numbers, I post as Keef.

   I didn't know that Lie Nielsen sold vise hardware- but sure enough they do.  Wonder if they have a LN mark on them anywhere (for bragging rights)? 

   Having read through the just-arrived Guitar making book, I'm again choking on the idea. 

   KB

2. 
   mikeybabe | Mar 11, 2007 10:07am | #13

    

   All the acronyms get confusing ,

    

   And what kind of snobbery could possibly

   be attached to any kind of woodworking vice hey . . .

   I spend most of my time finding ways to hide it.

    

   Here's that plan as promised.  Sorry I can't say more

   I'm off to the movies talk to you soon.

    

   Mikeybabe