Hi –
I understand what a shooting board is for (for use with hand planes) and how to use the plane with one but …
OK you build the shooting board, put the work piece in the setup, lay the plane on its side and plane the edge of the work piece but what prevents the plane from eventually planing into the lower part of the shooting board? Do you make this thin enough that the edge of the sole rides against it?
OK so it’s a pretty idiotic question but … inquiring minds (mine anyway) doesn’t quite see how it all works.
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Your supposition was correct, the bottom "board" is thin enough to use of the irons full width, but still give bearing to the planes sole.
I bought the Lie-Nielsen miter plane last year and this plane really calls for a shooting board, so I made one, and several variations since. This set up has changed the way I work, and was worth both the considerable cost of the plane and the few hours it took to make the boards.
There is a good article in the FWW archives on making and using a shooting board.
Rob Millard
The 1/8 of an inch or so of the plane's sole between the side of the throat and the side of the plane is the part that rides on the shooting boards fence, the rest of the fence will be cut back slightly by the blade and doesn't serve as a guide.
John W.
Dennis,
Check out the link below. We had a fairly detailed discussion of shooting boards a few months ago. Check out the whole thread.
http://forums.taunton.com/tp-knots/messages/?msg=12875.3
Cheers,
Greg
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