In this episode of the Hand Planes Video Series, Ernie Conover teaches you how to use a shooting board jig, including plans for making three of the most useful shooting boards. A shooting board is a jig that is used with a hand plane to precisely plane edges and end grain.
VIDEO: Planing Edge and End Grain with a Shooting Board
Shooting Board Plans:
Click on image to download a pdf plan
Watch more videos from the Hand Plane Video Series:
1. Introduction to Bench Planes
2. How to Sharpen a Hand Plane
3. How to Assemble and Adjust a Hand Plane
4. Smoothing a Rough Board Face
5. Using Shooting Boards to Plane Edges
7. Plow Planes
10. Router Planes
11. Low-Angle Planes
12. Side Rabbet Planes and Chamfer Planes
13. Molding Planes