mitre jack

Re: mitre jack

Ellis Walentine

>We ran an article on building and using a miter jack by Mario Rodriguez in American Woodworker magazine (June '94).

Ellis Walentine, Host

Re: mitre jack *LINK*

Alice Frampton, UK

>Jerome,

I hadn't got round to putting them up before, but in answer to your question; yes, I do now!

Cheers, Alf


Mitre Jack

Thanks Alf, got it bookmarked

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

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Thanks, Afl

Frank Mutchler

>I was wondering what the old timers did to protect the face of the miter jack when planing. Thin card stock glued to the face seems to be the answer.

In the words of....

Steve Kubien

>Squirt, the young sea-turtle in Finding Nemo, "You rock dude!" (or dudette as it where).

Thanks Alf, I've been wanting one of these. On the other hand, that makes product #195 on the to-do list.

Steve Kubien

Ajax, Ontario

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Dang it, Alf!

Bill Houghton, Sebastopol, CA

>You've done it again - where will I EVER find the time to make all these things?

Re: Dang it, Alf!

Alice Frampton, UK

>Glad it's useful, and thanks to Jerome for providing the catalyst for me to get round to scanning it at last.

Cheers, Alf

Maybe a silly question

Wendell @ Murphy, TX

>Are a mitre jack and a donkey ear shooting board interchangable devices? They seem to have similar functions so I am trying to figure out which one I should build.

Wendell

Re: Dang it, Alf!

Mike Lietzow

>Good question Bill. Personally, I've come to the conclusion that I'll probably have to finish some items on my "to do" list in the afterlife (where, of course, I'll have all of the conveniences of modern life with all of the cool stuff from 'the good old days').

Cheers,

Mike

Re: Maybe a silly question

Alice Frampton, UK

>In all honesty, I don't know. I imagine capacity must come into it? Anyone?

Cheers, Alf

Re: Maybe a silly question

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>If I'm not mistakem, (which I usually am) a miter jack and a donkeys ear are in fact one it the same device.

Todd O.

Re: Maybe a silly question *LINK*

Alice Frampton, UK

>Not exactly, Todd. They do seem to do much the same thing though - although I'd really welcome some thoughts from the more experienced as to which you'd want when before I make a total, er, ass* of myself... ;~)

Cheers, Alf

*Just in case this doesn't translate - ass as in donkey, or foolish, rather than as in posterior!


A Donkey's Ear Shoot(ing Board)

Re: Maybe a silly question

Todd O. Cronkhite Native of Maine

>Alrighty than Alf, I'll buy that. Seems that I've seen in print a miter jack being called a donkeys ear a time or two, but I could be mistaken. Now I know the difference. Learnt me sum a'tin' new today. :~) Probably will forget my tomorrow tho. :~(

Todd O.

Re: Maybe a silly question

Steve Kubien

>Hi Wendell,

I think the donkey's ear, as show in Alf's link, would allow you to trim a greater width piece than a mitre jack. Oh sure, you could make a mitre jack as long as you like but you may run into issues with storing it and just how big a piece would you realistically need to trim? That's a question only you can answer based on the work you do.

I am leaning heavily towards a mitre jack as per the plans Alf provided (again, thanks Alice). A donkey's ear hasn't really entered into competition although the wedged trough-like set-up at the bottom of Alf's most recent link shows promise and piques interest in me.

I hope this helps.

Steve Kubien

Ajax, Ontario

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Re: Dang it, Alf!

Jerome Bias

>Wow awsome web site. I think that I can actually build a miter jack that will stay square if I follow these directions.

Thanks for scanning in the pages.

Jerome

Clarification of what I want to do

Wendell @ Murphy, TX

>I was looking to make a donkey ear shooting board for making mitered boxes. The boxes will be about 3 to 4 inches high so I can't shoot the miter joints with a regular shooting board very easily. To me it looks like the miter jack and the trough like device on Jeff Gorman's page provide an easier way to hold the work piece, but the donkey ear looks easier to run the plane into the work piece.

Wendell

Re: Maybe a silly question

paul womack

>Here's a mitre jack:

and here's a donkey's (mule?!?) ear:

In deference to my leaching of his JPGs here's the advert.

Both these were made by Stephen Shepherd, and are available for sale from his web site in the "Handmade Woodworking Tools" section.

BugBear