Anyone tried the Lee Valley Shooting Board Fence?

[Rob Luter]

Greetings to my fellow Neanderthals -

I find I use my shooting board quite a bit but shooting angles is a pain. I've made some angled fence inserts but getting things dialed in is a tough trick. Is anyone using the Lee Valley fence or track? I've had their shooting plane for a couple years now and it's super nice with my shop made board and fence.

[Joshua Lucas]

Wood by Wright on Youtube has it and seems to be a fan.

[George Yetka]

I should have picked it up but I built a shooting board when I bought their shooting plane. I spent alot of time on it and got discouraged when I started making the donkey ear for it. Havent used it too much since. this was about 6 months ago.

[Dennis Droege]

Pardon my ignorance, but what's a donkey ear?

[Rafael Herrera]

Pardon my ignorance, but what's a donkey ear?

It's a type of shooting board. Let's you push the same plane from both directions with the piece's reference side always against the fence. With the LV design you have to buy _two_ planes ;-).

https://www.getwoodworking.com/sites/5/images/member_albums/5472/362885.jpg

[Phil Gaudio]

I've found the Veritas Shooting Board quite useful. At the time of purchase, I had made the decision to buy rather than build a SB and the Veritas model was just the ticket. I have plans to make another SB at some point, but there is only so much time in the day, and loads of project waiting to be tackled.

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[Todd Zucker]

I have it and like it a lot. Have not done a bunch of angles; basically 45 and 90, and I did make a donkey ear for it that works well even though clamping it down is fiddly.

If it looks strange it is because it is left handed.

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[Mike Allen1010]

I have the nonadjustable version – i.e. just for 90° angles. I use it all the time, however I do struggle with keeping the guide rail tight so it does not develop excessive side-to-side play in use. I think this is probably user error by me. Best fix I've found is a quick spray of WD-40 in the metal track before use.

[George Yetka]

Pardon my ignorance, but what's a donkey ear?

Its big advantage for me was box making. It allowed me to perfect the miters or shrink the box side by a slight amount. as I wouldnt be able to ro it standing up on the regular board

This is similar to the one I made and tossed
https://ticovogt.com/toolworks/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=2&zenid=k4vpmr9vusqh5muo8u9v4js870

I need to remake it

[J. Greg Jones]

I build a shooting board just for the Veritas shooting board plane, and I still use it for my 90* work. However, I did buy the the LV board and fence when it came out, and it is excellent. I just used it this past weekend to make a picture frame for my son.
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[Dennis Droege]

Thanks, Rafael. I hadn't encountered the term.

[Rob Lee]

Hi,

We have a Donkeys Ear ready to go…just waiting on capacity, and hopefully lower Baltic birch prices….

Cheers,

Rob

[lowell holmes]

I once made a shooting board with a 48"x7'x 3/8 plywood with a 1/2 " strip straight edge down the center of it. I used it on my 10" table saw.

[Mike King]

I have it and like it a lot. Have not done a bunch of angles; basically 45 and 90, and I did make a donkey ear for it that works well even though clamping it down is fiddly.

If it looks strange it is because it is left handed.

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and upside down!

[Matthew Eason]

Hi,

We have a Donkeys Ear ready to go…just waiting on capacity, and hopefully lower Baltic birch prices….

Cheers,

Rob

Rob,

Any updates on this? It's been a while.

[Derek Cohen]

Its big advantage for me was box making. It allowed me to perfect the miters or shrink the box side by a slight amount. as I wouldnt be able to ro it standing up on the regular board

This is similar to the one I made and tossed
https://ticovogt.com/toolworks/index.php?main_page=popup_image&pID=2&zenid=k4vpmr9vusqh5muo8u9v4js870

I need to remake it

Just a point to note. That donkey's ear of Tico was copied from one of mine. Here is mine being used to make a ring box for my son's wedding ...

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I find I use my shooting board quite a bit but shooting angles is a pain. I've made some angled fence inserts but getting things dialed in is a tough trick. Is anyone using the Lee Valley fence or track? I've had their shooting plane for a couple years now and it's super nice with my shop made board and fence.

Rob, set up the fence with a plastic square. They are dead-on.

The LV shooting board looks excellent - I've not used one, but trust their manufacturing.

Remember, accuracy is partly in the set up, and partly in the technique to achieve a steady cut. More on this if you want.

Regards from Perth

Derek

[Matthew Eason]

I just got the shooting board. The stops get you close to 90, 45 etc but you have to use a square to verify and dial it in. The stops work via a sprung ball that drops into a slot and there's enough room between the two for the angles to be off from true 90, 45, etc.

[Rob Luter]

Rob, set up the fence with a plastic square. They are dead-on....

The LV shooting board looks excellent - I've not used one, but trust their manufacturing.

Remember, accuracy is partly in the set up, and partly in the technique to achieve a steady cut. More on this if you want.

Regards from Perth

Derek

Thanks for the input. I have a number of drafting triangles from early in my career and used one to set this removable fence up. The lower of the two screws has some clearance around it to allow for tweaking at installation. I set it with a Starrett combo square or a drafting triangle. Once locked down it's pretty solid. If I want to split hairs on the angle I just use a tape shim at one end of the fence or the other to drive the angle one way or the other in fractions of a degree. You can see from the little frame below it lets you dial things in pretty close. That's a 6 x 9 frame made with 1" maple and there are no gaps.

The groove on the left is from an ill fated attempt to use a speed square for the same task. It was no where near precise enough. Good for framing work but not much else.

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