The Shooting Gallery
Or should that be shuting, shuteing, chuteing or chuting? Anyway, it's a perrenial favourite so I thought I'd stick as much info as possible in one place, just for the novelty value. If you see your board linked to here and don't want it to be, please contact me. More importantly, if you have a fine example of your own out there in the Virtual Workshop that you think deserves to be included, yell!
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Shooting Board Basics or It's Not Rocket Science
My own contribution to the cause of trying to make shooting boards slightly less of a mystery - well it's my website, I can put mine first if I want to...
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Extensive Shooting Board How To from White Mountain Design
It's very long, but good. Or so I gather - I'm afraid I've never managed to read it all yet...
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Jeff Gorman's Shuteing Board pages
The page absolutely everyone finds, but not necessarily the simplest introduction to the mysteries. Currently disappeared :(
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David Charlesworth's
PDF file of his very simple "bench hook" design, as shown in the DVD.
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Brain Dump from a different DC
Derek Cohen shares a few thoughts and pictures on the subject.
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Assorted "Improvements" to the idea
Gleaned from The Woodworker Magazine c.1920s
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Brian Buckner's Mitre Plane
Cunningly disguising an adjustable mitre, or rather "miter" I suppose, board design.
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Another Mitre/Miter Board
This one rather outshines the plane though...
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A Modern Approach to the Donkey's Ear
PDF file based on the Bob Wearing Design. The image is of Chris Knight's example here.
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Common Design of Mitre Jack
Taken from the pages of The Woodworker.
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More Uncommon Design of Mitre Jack
Made by Ted Shuck based on one in an auction linked to on the Old Tools List.
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