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   Lar55 | Apr 22, 2003 05:55pm | #1

   Take a look at David Charlesworth's book Furniture-Making Techniques Volume two.   There is a chapter called Shooting with bench planes.   Hope this helps.  It's spelled "Mitre" in the book.

   Lar

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   Froed | Apr 22, 2003 07:24pm | #2

   You could also take a look at http://www.millard.demon.co.uk/planingpoints/planeindex.htm.  The "Donkey's ear shooting board" is for edge miters.

   Fred

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   JeffKurtz | Apr 22, 2003 10:16pm | #3

   Fred,

   Good to see that I'm not the only Jeff Gorman fan around here.  I think he's just great!  He just has a good way of explaining things clearly and in a fashion that's very understandable - doesn't leave you scratching your head wondering what he's talking about.

   Jeff

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   PeteMoss | Apr 23, 2003 02:59pm | #4

   Thanks. That does give me an idea of how to go about it. I will probably take a look at the book mentioned aboove also, but at least now I have a clue.

   It seems like this would be a good fixture to build to shoot something common like 45 degrees, but this will probably be the only use I have for it at 47 degrees. Have ya'll ever seen one  for edge mitres that the angle was adjustable?

   (notice I reversed the e and r on the word mitre this time for good measure)

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   Froed | Apr 24, 2003 07:49pm | #6

   If this will just be a one-off deal, you could make the shooting board the usual 45 degrees, and rip a strip or two to act as shims.  Put them under the workpiece at the appropriate position, and clamp or use 2-sided tape so the shim won't move on you.  Just out of curiosity, why 47 degrees?

   Fred, who worked through college in technical THEATRE.

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   PeteMoss | Apr 24, 2003 09:50pm | #7

   It is actually not exactly 47 but pretty close. It is for some table aprons which would normally meet the legs at 45 degrees, but the legs are splayed out at 5 degrees which changes the angle that the aprons meet the legs slightly.

   I do like the shim idea. I probably would be better off building one at 45 that way I could use it more often and then just shimming it like you said. Thanks.

   Edited 4/24/2003 2:52:00 PM ET by petemoss

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   GregB126 | Apr 23, 2003 10:49pm | #5

   Fred,

   Add my thanks for the cite reference.  I'd forgotten it was in my seemingly zillions of bookmarks.  Many of the techniques are consistent with those in David Charlesworths books (fettling and sharpening contained in vol. I; edge jointing  and shooting boards in vol. II).  These techniques had a dramatic, positive effect on my handtool use and overall results.

   Cheers,

   Greg

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   Lar55 | Apr 25, 2003 12:31am | #8

   I just saw an article in FWW #144 page 100 titled "Shooting boards aim for tight joints".  Written by Mike Dunbar with pictures, a good informative article.

   Lar