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1. 
   RalphBarker | Oct 18, 2010 09:38pm | #1

   I made mine so the stop block was even with the edge of the plane track. So, a little bit of it got planed away, too. But, it also acts as a backer board to prevent tear-out, and only a small portion is planed away, similar to the edge of the plane track.

   One thing I'd suggest considering is to make the plane track slightly sloped (lower at the stop-block end), so the plane iron meets the stock being trimmed at a slight angle or skew - more of a slicing cut than a chopping one. That will make shooting hard wood a little easier.

   Oh, and I made my stop block adjustable, so the end away from the cut can be shimmed to arrive at being perfectly square on the business end.

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   flairwoodworks | Oct 26, 2010 01:50am | #2

   Shave it off.

   Hi Denny,

   As Ralph noted, the fence (stop block) prevents tearout on your workpiece, so it is critical that it be even with the ridge.  When I set up a shooting board, I try to set it so that it protrudes as little as possible, but err on the side of too much overhang rather than not enough.  I don't think that it's too much hardwood end grain to plane away, as if you work with hardwood, you will be planing a lot more hardwood in use than in set up.  If you mean a lot of hardwood to trim at once, then you have a case there.  Sometimes it may take two or three shots at it to get through the fence.  As long as the fence doesn't shift, I don't see a problem.  If that worries you, you could take shallow passes.