Shooting board

George Vondriska demonstrates the proper way to smooth an end grain cut on your woodworking projects using a simple-to-create bench-top shooting board.

Simple, versatile design excels for trimming end, edge, and face grain.

The following is excerpted from "The Woodworker: The Charles H. Hayward Years: 1939-1967" Volume 4, The Shop & Furniture.

Shooting Board Woodworking Plan from WOOD Magazine

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The following article first appeared in the British magazine ‘The Woodworker’ in December, 1939. It was part of a series of articles which would run throughout the rest of that year and into 1940. Part 6 focused on shooting boards and other appliances used with...Continue Reading... Shooting Boards And Donkey’s Ears – Appliances Used With Planes

This must-have jig allows you to take whisker-thin shavings off the end of a workpiece to fine-tune the fit of a joint.

This jig lets you make mortises with your plunge router. It clamps to your workbench at a height that's easy to work with.

BasicBUILDS A basic bench appliance that yields precision performance Designed by Craig Bentzley, built by Chad McClung Several of my recent projects called for a shooting board—a jig that facilitates sneaking up on perfect-fitting joinery by shaving the end grain of a workpiece with a hand plane. I had used a few over