Here is the finished miter hook with kerfs at 45°, 90°, and 135°. The fence is recessed 1/4” into the base so that the kerfs do not cut completely through it. The Back Cherry fence is a massive 3” deep by 1-5/8” high (above the 1” plywood base) giving me all the help I can get :-) #MiterHook #WorkbenchAppliance #HandToolsOnly #Wookworking
I managed to cut a V-groove in the base of my new case/long-grain miter shooting board. I started by making a shallow dado with a plow plane and then set up a guide so that riding the side of the shoulder plane against the right edge of the dado and the top edge of the guide would create a V-groove with a 45° slant. It worked, but not without a few surprises; as I made more and more passes, the edges supporting the shoulder plane started wearing out thus slightly changing my angle; also, my starting guide was too thick and as the shoulder plane started lowering into the groove, its side could no longer reach the top of the guide, so I had to change to a thinner guide. In the end, I had to refine the groove free-hand with the shoulder plane, but I am pretty happy with the result. #MiterShootingBoard #ShootingBoard #WorkbenchAppliance #HandToolsOnly #Woodworking BTW, the initial dado has to be a little deeper than its width; otherwise, the shoulder plane might start riding on the bottom of the dado rather than against its edge and change the angle of the resulting groove. Another point; the inner side of the groove still shows a piece of the initial dado. That is not a problem for this application because once in use, the iron of the shooting plane will actually shave off the top bit of that inner side.
