Comments on: Mitre Shooting Board

By: tom

tom — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:04:05 +0000

Mike, thanks for the comments and question. If I understand you correctly, you’re saying that while you shoot the miter the work is shifting side to side in the jig? I haven’t experienced this in mine and not sure why this would be- If the work is being help tight against the fence and sufficient pressure is applied to the piece, then there shouldn’t be any movement at all. Maybe a dull plane iron or too heavy a cut is being made? I’ll post a video sometime in the future with the miter shooting board in use- perhaps this will demonstrate the technique in use and resolve any problems you may be having.
all the best
Tom

By: mike

mike — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:21:22 +0000

hi, i just built one from your very nice design and write up. as i’m fairly new to hand tools, how does one hold a long piece of wood solidly so an accurate miter may be cut along side grain? my boards keep slipping from side to side. thanks, mike

By: tom

tom — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:11:09 +0000

Thanks Jim- good to hear. Mine worked out really well too- I meant to do an update but time hasn’t been kind lately! I’ve been using mine with both my dedicated miter plane but my bevel-up Jack also works really good in it too.
all the best and thanks again for the update. ; )

By: Jim Burton

Jim Burton — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:02:09 +0000

Just an update for you, Tom. I made my own version with Cherry ends and a piece of leftover Redheart for a top guide the other night. I really took my time getting those angles correct. It’s paid off, bigtime. I glued up a test box that has tighter miters than I’ve ever achieved before. It’s seriously the most stoked I’ve been about a bench appliance since I found out about bench hooks ten years ago. Now I’m considering saving up for a dedicated shooting plane to go along with all of my groovy shooting boards. The wife thanks you for that last thing, BTW.

By: tom

tom — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 22:06:43 +0000

Thanks for the comments Jim-
I haven’t noticed any flexing in the guide but haven’t yet put it through all the paces. I have some panels in the veneer press and will be making a mitered box in the next couple of days so I’ll know soon enough if it works. It seemed to be alright in my test pieces but will update by the weeks end.
cheers!

By: Jim Burton

Jim Burton — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 21:12:30 +0000

Tom, in use, have you found that the cherry top guide flexes at all? I could imagine having too heavy a hand might bow the piece downward toward the middle of the motion. Just wondering if a beefier and/or braced top guide might be a good idea.

I’m going to make one tonight when I get home. 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.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 15:48:23 +0000

Very nice, I think I shall make one following your design. Sometimes hand tools are quicker then setting up a machine.
cheers, ianw

By: tom

tom — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 19:22:46 +0000

Dean, thanks for the comments- I just looked and found the article here cheers!-

By: Dean

Dean — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:01:27 +0000

Tom is “a fine teacher”. Thanks Tom for sharing the details of your mitre shooting board build. I tried to Google the 1964 article, but nothing. I even tried spelling “mitre” as”miter”. .

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. I don’t know if you have a larger image, but it would be helpful even though you mentioned that you didn’t follow the exact details of the drawing. Thanks again Tom.

By: Brent

Brent — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:09:43 +0000

Excellent, Tom..
You would make a fine teacher.