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Close-shaving
Miter
Shooting
Board
T
he difference between an ill-
fitting miter and a gap-free one
can be as little as a single pass
with a hand plane. This quick-to-build
miter shooting board gives you the
means to take just a whisper off your
workpiece while trimming the angle of
the miter dead-on.
To build it, we cut all parts from To use the shooting board, simply
void-free 3 ⁄4" Baltic birch plywood. drop its cleat into your bench vise, slide
Use a V-groove bit (no. 405460, your workpiece into the jig—pinning it
800-535-4482, woodcraft.com) to rout tightly to the side farthest from you—
the channel in the base, where shown and make repeated passes until you’ve
in the Drawing. Rout a 3 ⁄4" round-over removed enough material.
along the edge of the base nearest the Note: We designed this shooting board to
groove, and then countersink and fit a low-angle block plane, which excels at
screw the jig’s parts together. trimming end grain without tear-out.

More Resources 2" #8 x 1¼"

F.H. screw
 Make crisp cuts with a properly
sharpened plane iron: 8" TOP
woodmagazine.com/sharpeningshowdown
45° bevel
SIDE ¾"

TOP

BASE

R=¾"
SIDE
¾ x 1 x 10¾"
V-groove 1⁄8" deep

8" 12"

CLEAT NOTE: All material is ¾" plywood.

¾ x ¾ x 8"
1"

#8 x 1¼" F.H. screws

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