Shooting Boards

[Smoothjazz077]

I just completed my first shooting board, and would like to know which plane is recommended. I have Stanley's from #3 through #8, and an assortment of wooden planes as well. I have read that the LV LA Jack Plane is highly recommended, however with anything good, it comes with a pretty steep price. I would appreciate any suggestions on planes, other than specialty planes.

Scott

[Pete Pedisich]

I have found my LV skew block plane to work very well for smaller work and it's useful for many fitting tasks as well. I can get a really secure grip on it. I prefer it to my LV LAJ even though it's smaller, since the skewed blade makes it work so well with less effort

[Scoony]

I use a Bedrock 606. I like the size and handhold area.

[AgGEM]

I made a hot dog for this one:
http://www.leevalley.com/US/Wood/page.as...&cat=1,41182,52515
I'll try to get a pix of that tomorrow.
Ag

[Rob Young]

Smoothjazz077 said:

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I just completed my first shooting board, and would like to know which plane is recommended. I have Stanley's from #3 through #8, and an assortment of wooden planes as well. I have read that the LV LA Jack Plane is highly recommended, however with anything good, it comes with a pretty steep price. I would appreciate any suggestions on planes, other than specialty planes.

Scott

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The sharpest one which you can adjust the blade square to your work while still pushing it through.

I don't use my shooting board much on stock thicker than 1/2" or maybe 5/8" or wider than 4". In other words, it is just for small stock. Larger stuff, learn to plane free-hand to a knife line. Faster than mucking about with the shooting board (freehanding miters still vex me though). So small plane (block or #4) for small shooting board.

[Aram]

Lie-Nielsen 62. Hot-dogged. Razor-honed.

[Derek Cohen]

Smoothjazz077 said:

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I just completed my first shooting board, and would like to know which plane is recommended. I have Stanley's from #3 through #8, and an assortment of wooden planes as well. I have read that the LV LA Jack Plane is highly recommended, however with anything good, it comes with a pretty steep price. I would appreciate any suggestions on planes, other than specialty planes.

Scott

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Heavier is better.

A #8 is too long, and a #7 is probably too long as well. A #6 would be good, followed by a #5 1/2.

Regards from Perth

Derek

[cputnam]

If you are going to do a lot of shooting, then I would suggest that you look at a dedicated shooting plane, otherwise a plane with sides square to the sole will work just fine.

[Admiral]

If you want to use what you've got, #6 has the mass to do the job well, just be sure it's very sharp. But you can use a #5, #5 1/2 or even smaller bench planes as well. When you want to splurge on a new tool, the skewed LV shooting plane is excellent, mine gets used often.

[jonas b]

I would also try one of the planes you have before you go out and buy a new one. You can shoot with a block plane, a #4, a #5, etc. etc.

I ended up buying a Lie Nielsen #62 low angle plane after trying it out along with the Lie Nielsen #9 miter plane, and the #51 dedicated shooting plane. I found that with the little hotdog handle attachement, the #62 low angle jack plane performed nearly just as well as the miter plane or the #51 at shooting. I use the #62 for shooting, for heavy stock removal with the toothing blade, and for general planing and smoothing, so for me it's very versatile. (I know the Veritas low angle jack is very nice as well and it is even wider which is a benefit for shooting IMO, but I just prefer LN stuff, no knock on Veritas).

Anyway, I would get to work shooting with what you have, and build some stuff, then down the line decide on which one of the more shooting friendly planes suits your needs and your budget.