How to Make a RAMPED SHOOTING BOARD for Woodworking
How to Make a RAMPED SHOOTING BOARD for Woodworking
In this video, I re-think the traditional shooting board design and create a new ramped version that has many benefits! This is how I made it…
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Shooting boards are a relic of high school woodworking class rooms.
If you have a table/. panel saw or even a decent compound chop saw, they are a redundant waste of time. In fourty years of full time professional woodworking I have never used one.
I do use a low angle Clifton shoulder rebate plane for fine trimming tenon shoulders.
That’s a good honest tool everyone should have.
You rarely if ever need the end of a piece of timber to be finish planed, just accurately cut square and to final length. Most end grain finish planing is done after assembly.
I don’t know what it is, but when I’m watching one of your videos, my room starts to smell like a woodshop. Might be the desk I made back in highschool 10 years ago taunting me to get back to it… maybe as a hobby.
Naw pretty sure I just associate the sound of saws and tools with woodworking, and part of that memory is the smell.
I was considering purchasing your metric plans, more so just to help a young man out, but your reference to Americans and Old Timers needing to get out of the stone age offends me. Who do you think taught your youth most of what you all know?
The girls here think you need a haircut , great explication though !
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How did you get your laser on the Bosch Glide set up correctly? Mine is completely off.
the only problem of planing the face of plywood is that the plywood can warp because plies are missing
If you oversize and or offset one of the top or bottom of the 3 board glue ups. You can use that outer edge as a guide on a table saw to make it square. It leaves a flat and available reference on one side to run against the fence. Just thought I would throw that tip here.
Milling your $400 plane to fit the jig is NEXT LEVEL.
That said, this is a very usable project for normal humans.
I do intent to attend the ME school; and pay my way as Patrean Brian.
it is always nice to see people with your motivation..keep goingπ€ ..when and where your online school is going to start? let me please know it. thank you .
nice job – cool gadget that
Interesting. I can’t afford a shooting plane and track, so I was thinking how to make an attachment for my no. 4 that would make it like a specialized shooting plane. I was thinking about a bed that would tilt the plane to get the skew angle and also have a handle that made it usable when laid on it’s side. I figured I could attach it by removing the knob and tote and screwing into the holes for them. This makes sense to take care if the skewed iron angle and then all I have to do is the handle.
If you have a jointer, why do you need a shooting board?
I have pretty much just found your channel and am enjoying your content. The video I watched before this one was the Surrey Timbers trip, which led me to view their website. I was surprised to see they sold a Matt Estlea kit, and your explanation at the end now makes sense.
Itβs my birthday in March, I will be asking for the cabinet kit and taking up your lessons π
Cheers.
Awesome music as always.
Good video. Where do get all the money for your expensive equipment? No way do you make enough money doing woodwork to afford it.
I have been waiting most my life to get that nice woodworking equipment (oh wait, I’m married with kids).
You do excellent work. Only wish I could 20% as good as you.
14:08 45 mm ?
MUSIC REALLY SUCKS
I know there are a lot of good idea fairies, but what if you hinged the ramp that the plane rides on to accommodate for wider/thicker pieces that you want to shoot?
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The moment you milled your plane i thaought "fine no ohne could build this" but then it comes in my mind…there is a guy who made a great shootingboard for his needs and what could i say *applause* i love the finished product and by the way great Video
Will take a peek into your school
brilliant video as usual
This video is pure bliss!
Yes, let’s make awkward angles and hope they match along the length… Why not make the base and fence at a true and simple 90 degrees, and have the lot on a 5 degree angle?
Why glue something that wears over time into the structure? ..And the flexibility of the non-friction material combined with a cambered groove would have saved sacrilegious abuse to a perfectly crafted tool to hold a snug hug..
…and yes, as you demonstrated, the shavings come nowhere near the ‘intentional’ groove, they "exit: stage right".. ..no need for an exposed and unsupported right angle with a gap (closed right angle = more hold = less tear).
Wouldnβt it be easier to shim the axis that the plane operates on? With the shim it will use the bottom part of the cutter, remove the shim and it cuts with the top part of the cutter blade.
Love your channel π
So big investment, but you can do shooting only 90 degree what about 45 degree ?
AWESOME
45mm overall π
Are you kidding. This is the definition of over engineering
"I just bought a milling machine". I thought ‘pfffft’. Then two seconds later … why don’t I have one?
Brilliant! No messing about, and a genius communicator. I’ll never make one of those, but I loved the video! (Maybe after a few of your courses I will have a need for a shooting board?? I need to be able to screw things together first lol!
I get it, but really this seems like maybe it’s a solution in search of a problem. All of this in order to squeeze another 30% (?) of use out of your plane between sharpening? It’s not that hard to sharpen a plane blade. And I think the limitations on the how wide your board can be probably offsets the benefits. JMHO – well executed though and it does give me some ideas for other modifications to the shooting board. I’m thinking a compound shooting board with an adjustable fence and an adjustable workpiece table might be clever and could make use of some of these concepts.
Good grief. Get a haircut. Very nice presentation. Thank you. Your videos are always informative and well done.
Are you sure of your maths? 3 lots of 15mm plywood stacked would be 45mm thick here in Australia, not 35mm.
Okay, first the angled shooting board is genius. Second as I am watching this and I am thinking, okay I dont have this or that then I get to the milling machine part literally laugh out load and say to myself, βI am going to find a hobbiest way to do this with a number 5 1/2 plane.β Thanks for the challenge, Iβll be back once the new shooting board hits the top of my stack. I am thoroughly impressed with all you do and share. Please never stop.
Great vid but you maths is a bit off. 3 x 15mm boards = 45mm, not 35mm. π
Great idea. I will experiement with a ramp on the plane side and see if it works as good.
Great plan and video. Quick question on the track sat setup you used here. How did you keep the track saw perpendicular to the row of bench dogs? The track doesn’t appear to be held or fastened in the video.
Thanks
Seems a shame to go to all that work of making a nice angled shooting board and not just make it angle-adjustable with some hinge strip and a movable foot.
Great shooting board good luck to you
Perfect
16:04 possibly my favourite thing you’ve ever done and exactly what goes through my head whenever I’m talking about particular tools.
Congrats Matt, you have made the sexiest shooting board on the planet! Well done!
OMG thatβs gorgeous!
I can see why the ramped shooting board improves the the efficiency and performance of a standard plane, but not the true shooting plane. The angle of attack to the wood with the shooting plane is decreased rather than increased.
On my shooting board I use that tip you you gave on chisels. I/2 of 1/2. Especially on 45 deg miters. I set my blade on the plane to a minimum. Again a very well done video. Thank you!
3×15=35 "No it’s not" Did you make that mistake so people would comment, if you did kudo’s to you! I’m Hazeydaze and i make stuff too. Peace! p.s 3×15=45 lol
Brilliant! One could create a groove on the top of the base support (the flat support under the ramp), near the back of it (near the widest end), using a router, for example. and then cut a groove in the underside of the top piece, and create some pieces to fit in between (like a runner, that would slot into place), to be able to set the ramp at different heights, if one wanted to make it adjustable. If so, one could have a higher angle for short pieces, and a narrow angle for thicker and/or wider pieces. The ‘runner’ would need an angle to have it sit flush, but it would not be impossible to figure out. One may decide it is too much of a fuss, and not necessary, but the idea came to me, so I’m here, sharing it. Cheers
As a longtime woodworker I really enjoy your approach and success in your woodworking. I watch you constantly and learn more than I thought my years would allow, many thanks
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