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Bench/Table Top Planing/Shooting Board

Malc2098

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While I was milling the parts for the Keepsake box on my previous WIP, I was aware of just how accurate the Kapex was and with the many toothed blade how smooth it gets the end grain on a piece.

With end stops on a home made fence, you could cut pairs to length with their ends in a finished state, well, good enough for me, anyway.

But while putting the box together, there were times when I just wanted to nip an end a bit more, and as I haven't yet built the 'proper' bench for the workshop, I had to improvise a shooting/planing board on the temporary (probably long term again!) bench I built.

So having finished the box, I decided to make a shooting/planing board.

Here's nearly all the component parts. The feet were clamped together and the curves milled with a forstner bit and then the bandsaw joined the curves on each foot. The stock came from Coley's donation again, thanks Coley, I think it was the offcuts from a staircase, apart from the mahogany.
IMG_2587.JPGThe feet were bolted to the body from underneath with the body holes being tapped to take the bolts.
The sliding face was bolted to the feet in a similar fashion, and then adjusted to make a perfect right angle so that the sliding face and body were co-planar.
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And this was the result. A bit of candlewax on the sliding face made the plane go easier.
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Nice little shooter but you'll find that after a while the fence/runway combo will go out of kilter and it won't produce a dead 90 deg.
I've played around with loads of different types and this one is by far and away the best I've ever seen or used.

I't also dead easy to make and adjust plus when it does go 'off tilt' a fraction it takes 20 seconds (if that) to get it running true again.

Seriously worth making one and I use mine pretty much all the time - Rob
 
Thanks, Rob, that's a nice one, too, and when I've built my bench, I'll have a go at one of them.

Having made this one for a table top, I've got to use it till I find something wrong. As you can see the the cross stop is bolted to the body and the runway is bolted to the feet. The M6 bolts are sitting in slightly larger diameter holes to leave me some adjustment when I need any.

So far I've given it a going over and nothing appears to have moved, but I'm sure it won't stay like that forever.
 
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