11-22-2022, 09:40 PM
You may remember I developed a couple of different shooting boards earlier this year. Today I used the bevel feature to shoot the ends of the aprons that wrap around a bench I'm working on.
Here's the basic structure of the bench.
![[Image: AL9nZEW0h6Mftz1Pm01dYncbZv4BvMnbyNLeQluE...authuser=1]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEW0h6Mftz1Pm01dYncbZv4BvMnbyNLeQluEVc3ywLOEIvDK_F5mtaw5TC-4zWxmudYoRVCDPP81nPfsMX7uY9OXwsQlmfVAT2tNwMpNre360jS8DUDKOEk4McRcgK4Uko_dKXkxSVNy9C-pT4wq00z2kw=w1588-h893-no?authuser=1)
The aprons wrap around that shelf on the top of the legs. BTW, the bench is cherry veneer over plywood.
I cut the apron pieces on my chop saw maybe 1/32" long and then tuned the final fit with the shooting board. You get much cleaner surfaces off the shooting board.
![[Image: AL9nZEVzDzrj7bLimQ9gCUz7NfLJu9pn3Ol6n3uD...authuser=1]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEVzDzrj7bLimQ9gCUz7NfLJu9pn3Ol6n3uDqg-YoXhR_BWCkWSIyrJYlvO2Uraty2zq5Wf_uPxC9oJnghDTGGqE38NMQuYJm5NjxxSChCo0R-Dpt91eFebCVgCiLoykMGxa-EteKhbtl-zeFCyV7Xfn_Q=w1588-h893-no?authuser=1)
The advantage of the tilting bevel over the donkey ear approach isn't obvious with this piece, but the long aprons are 59" long, a little hard to hold in good alignment against a donkey ear but easy on this shooting board, just add support for the outboard end and go to it w/o struggling. And in case you forgot or didn't know, this shooting board can do any miter angle and most bevel angles, separately or in combination.
Here's what it looks like on one end after shooting the miters.
![[Image: AL9nZEXa_T1pjyuRVVUtEuB8SFfilWhgA14tnT_N...authuser=1]](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AL9nZEXa_T1pjyuRVVUtEuB8SFfilWhgA14tnT_N-XNPqHnxdg7QPvhTdG4QjEnFgUcREvIAa8qncfCLBC3ibTP-jEA4-bshoPHG0XPCvTjPHUZvrex32up1VB6sLKjHr7Cjvjx2NXkItN9Mmz74LI6ulcCs0A=w1588-h893-no?authuser=1)
Thanks for looking. I'll post something when the bench is done.
John
Here's the basic structure of the bench.
The aprons wrap around that shelf on the top of the legs. BTW, the bench is cherry veneer over plywood.
I cut the apron pieces on my chop saw maybe 1/32" long and then tuned the final fit with the shooting board. You get much cleaner surfaces off the shooting board.
The advantage of the tilting bevel over the donkey ear approach isn't obvious with this piece, but the long aprons are 59" long, a little hard to hold in good alignment against a donkey ear but easy on this shooting board, just add support for the outboard end and go to it w/o struggling. And in case you forgot or didn't know, this shooting board can do any miter angle and most bevel angles, separately or in combination.
Here's what it looks like on one end after shooting the miters.
Thanks for looking. I'll post something when the bench is done.
John