It’s time for another hand tool tip. You have crosscut that board and now you notice it isn’t square or parallel to the opposite end. Yes you can use a shooting board to fix it, but this gets hard with larger boards. A shooting board is really just a jig that makes a fundamental skill easier. Isn’t it best to learn that fundamental before relying too much on the jig? Let’s show you how to do it the real way without the “crutch”
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1 BedrockBob // Feb 24, 2010 at 7:19 pm
Great post Shannon,
I have tried bringing down an edge (not the end) of a board to a knife line but found it was difficult to see how far I was away from the line as I worked. I really like the idea of using a bevel.
2 Steve Altman // Mar 4, 2010 at 2:15 pm
This is a very good idea and could be used for angled cuts, too.
Not so sure that shooting boards are “crutches”, though…
3 Jeff Madre // Mar 5, 2010 at 10:24 pm
Wow, the two Hand Tool Tips videos just opened my eyes to how to bring accuracy to my planing by scribing and beveling. Thanks for the tips!
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