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Making a new shooting board for my new low angle plane. It's made from scraps of mdf and plywood, and a piece of birch for the fence and hook. After planing the reference edges that will guide the plane, I put the main assembly together with screws; I used no glue as I was worried it might warp the board, like it did slightly with my first. For the thin piece near the edge of the mdf, I predrilled pilot holes to keep the edge from splitting off. It then needed some adjustment with a card scraper to get a good fit for the plane.

I again used screws to attach the piece that hooks to the benchtop, and then I could use my homemade 1/8" grooving plane without a fence to plane a dust groove in the track. The fence got attached with hex bolts and wing nuts, again learning from my previous shooting board where I didn't get it dead square but was unable to change it because it was glued down. With bolts, I can make microadjustments and then lock it down, and even set it slightly out of square on purpose if I ever would need that.

Finally I finished the board with boiled linseed oil for the lovely color and feel, and rubbed my homemade mix of beeswax and linseed oil on the plane track to make the action nearly frictionless.

I'm no professional and I don't have anything to teach, this is just me, sharing my thoughts and my work. Join me as I'm learning fine woodworking!

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Furniture-Woodworking

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