On reading an earlier thread, I built Terry Gordon's edge jointing jig
to see if I might reproduce similar results. Links to hizzoner's YouTube
page will be attached, below.
Terry's method uses a longer handplane, turned on it's side and a
flat sheet of plywood with a series of dog holes inline.
The workpiece is clamped to the sheet, between dogs and the jig
set atop your bench. With a little of the board protruding,
the plane is run along the edge, with the side of the plane
down on the benchtop. The plane is run along the jointing
surface until it stops cutting (the plane sole runs up against the base).
It's a shooting board.
I have just completed a split top bench which as a reclaimed top.
That top has a crown in the center, it isn't flat along it's length.
Terry Gordon's method requires a flat standard surface, so lacking that,
I doubled two sheets of plywood and drilled through holes to lock it to the benchtop.
The plane runs along Teak scraps (boatyard salvage) that are waxed.
The difficulties are two; keeping the workpiece fixed so that lateral
forces don't push it off and keeping the plane perpendicular to the top face of the jig.
It's MUCH easier than the matchplaning method I've been using.
The only downside is that it produces very sharp edges.
I got an unscheduled manicure, last night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbkdWMIBhNc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbkdWMIBhNc
(Note that in the second video, TG puts screws through the jig, straight into his bench... not for the squeamish.)
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