How do you shoot long Miters?

[James Pallas]

This is what I do. I square the material. Scribe a line on the short side. Cut a wedge to the angle I need. Set the plane on the wedge and mark a line on the bench at several places on the bench. Set a straight stop at that point. Put the work clamped to the bench with the high side of th miter in line with the wedge. Plane away until you get a full shaving. Check to the scribed line. I did this twelve times for the top of my chest I'm building. I'm interested to know how others approach this task. Included a couple of photos for reference.
Jim
Sorry about title error

[Jim Koepke]

Sorry about title error

You should be able to fix that with an edit.

As for working different angles, here is one of my set ups:

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?244777-Oh-Shoot!

With a big enough shooting board, one can do almost any angle.

jtk

[Nicholas Lawrence]

I use a fence. Your setup is clever. Thanks for posting.

[glenn bradley]

Very cool solution. I'll file that one away. Thanks.

[steven c newman]

.30-06? about all...

[James Pallas]

You should be able to fix that with an edit.

As for working different angles, here is one of my set ups:

http://www.sawmillcreek.org/showthread.php?244777-Oh-Shoot!

With a big enough shooting board, one can do almost any angle.

jtk
Thanks Jim. Nice board too. I remember seeing that.
Jim

[James Pallas]

I use a fence. Your setup is clever. Thanks for posting.
I do have a fence that I could use. Found it not as accurate and repeatable as this method, at least in my hands.
Jim

[James Pallas]

Very cool solution. I'll file that one away. Thanks.
Thank you Glenn

[James Pallas]

.30-06? about all...
one of my first thoughts Steven. Tried it about 40 years ago. Too hard to scrape the scorching off of cherry:)
Jim

[Patrick Chase]

.30-06? about all...

If it's a really long miter you might need a .338 Lapua or .50 BMG to get the job done.

[John Kananis]

.50 BMG to get the job done.

Not fair, you can solve any problem with that one. :)

[James Pallas]

Not fair, you can solve any problem with that one. :)
i was looking at hand tool methods. I believe the .50 BMG is a "power" tool and loud too. Neighbors my not appreciate it if repeated often.
Jim