Show me your long grain shooting board.

[Robert Engel]

NOT a standard endgrain shooter!!

I'm thinking of something that clamps between the dogs.

[Joe A Faulkner]

I'm thinking something with dog holes. Though in this picture the dogs hadn't been added yet.

but maybe one of these?

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?124750-Show-us-your-Bench

I'm a bit curious as to the difference in shooting long grain vs jointing long grain?

[Bill Houghton]

Some genius on one of the forums just puts a thin piece of wood on the benchtop, a little smaller than the stock to be planed, and butts the wood to be planed against a stop. If I could remember who it is, I'd honor him (think it's a him; her if I'm wrong).

[Derek Cohen]

Robert, I posted the following here several months ago. It was part of a recent build. Link: http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/OneStepBack.html

.... the method I used to joint these thin 1/4" thick panel sections . ..


First step was to lift the board up on a 1/2" thick section of MDF (nice and flat). The second piece was added for balance ...


http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/OneStepBack_html_m801f75.jpg


A second piece of MDF was layed on top, and then weighted down with bricks (to ensure the edge was flat and parallel to the bench top ..


http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/OneStepBack_html_3607e799.jpg


A jointer plane was now about to shoot the edge square ..


http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/OneStepBack_html_m15577872.jpg
http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/OneStepBack_html_3c67e8a7.jpg


Regards from Perth

Derek