Est. 1998 — 27 years of woodworking knowledge
Ramped shootin board
Dale Lenz - Tahlequah, OK
>I've been using a flat shooting board for my last few planing sessions, generally works well. Started edge planing hickory, oh @#$&!
Playing around with the hickory it planes better with the plane skewed to the wood surface.
So my question is it better to build a ramp for the stock or for the plane to ride in, the chute. I'd love to see some pics if you have them.....TIA.......Dale
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Pam Niedermayer - Austin, TX
>Jeff Gorman's looks very good.
Re: Ramped shootin board
William R. Duffield, on the Cohansey
>A ramped shooting board does not skew the edge of the blade to the direction of travel of the plane. So, why bother? The favorable effect is on easing entry of the blade into the wood, which is an advantage on planing end grain. We all know how jarring it can be when a less than optimally adjusted and sharpened blade strikes the edge head on. A ramped shooting board also has the disadvantage of decreasing the maximum width and/or length of the board a given width blade can handle.
Posting this for Dale
Dan Donaldson
>This is something in the shooting board I was looking for. I put this together in about 5 minutes. The 36" device is elevated 3/4", so the wood is "skewed" to the plane iron. The hickory did plane better and shouldn't need to sharpen my iron as much........Dale
Thanks, Dan! Nice approach ;>)!!
Frank Mutchler
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Thank you William.
Don Thompson, Cutler Ridge, South of Miami FL
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