Regular price Sale. Don McConnell is an avid student of the history shooying the trade, tools and shop practices. Leave a reply Cancel reply Your email address will not be published. I came across an article online that was originally written for Woodworker Magazine in Mitre Shooting Board by K. The sliding fences can be easily adjusted to miter gauge shooting board for sale exactly the cutting edge of the iron to support the gaige of the workpiece. I will continue to learn from Mr.

I can see it making box-making a pleasure. The tablesawn mitre is always so rough and so often out of square, even with a good blade and good mitre gauge. It seemed to be alright in my test pieces but will update by the weeks end. Very nice, I think I shall make one following your design.

Sometimes hand tools are quicker then setting up a machine. Thanks Tom for sharing the details of your mitre shooting board build. I tried to Google the article, but nothing. Just an observation, I clicked on the drawing at the beginning of the article to get the larger image, but it only brought up the smaller image.

Thanks again Tom. Dean, thanks for the comments- I just looked and found the article here. I need one of these badly… but do not think I can make one without having one! Thanks for the writeup…. Notify me of followup comments via e-mail. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Previous American Pattern. Next Marching On…. Elliott on July 2, at am. All the best- Reply. Shane on June 5, at am. Tucker Tuck on December 12, at am.

John Walker on June 30, at am. First, mark out one of the mitered ends and saw it as close as you feel comfortable. Then, with a sharp and finely set block or miter plane, clean it up. Cut your stop block as close as you dare and then plane it to a perfect fit in the triangular housing you just chopped out.

Again, saw as close as possible and true the second miter up with your plane. This miter needs to be not only square to the lower face and flat, but at a true right angle to the first one. But there is some forgiveness in that you can continue to plane to arrive at the necessary accuracy as long as you have sufficient width. Install the stop block with screws no glue and you have a very accurate and serviceable miter shooting board. Test your stop block against your housing; plane until you have a perfect fit.

A miter shooting board is simple to use. You hold the work in place against the stop block with one hand, and push or pull the plane with the other. Always work so that the plane pushes the work against the stop block. The miter shooting board is most obviously useful when doing inside mitering. In this case, the far edge of the miter is fully supported by the stop block. A sharp iron set to a fine cut will minimize any tear-out when shooting outside miters.

In use, the miter shooting board is used with the plane always pointed toward the stop block. I had been building furniture for a few years before I finally built my first miter shooting board.

Though I occasionally considered it before, there was always a question as to whether it would be worth taking the time. After just a few passes with my plane in fitting up the first miter, I was amazed at the control and accuracy provided by this simple appliance. Don McConnell is an avid student of the history of the trade, tools and shop practices. Here are some supplies and tools we find essential in our everyday work around the shop. We may receive a commission from sales referred by our links; however, we have carefully selected these products for their usefulness and quality.

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