Doug B
Shy Tot
Unable to get out much the last few weeks I’ve been doing things on the workshops to do list one of which was to make a new shooting board.
I’d been bought a Veritas adjustable shooting board fence a couple of months ago for my birthday, this fella here .
Probably not everyone’s cup of tea but something I will find very handy.
As I’ve plenty of moisture resistant MDF it seemed logical to make the new board from this so I started cutting up some board using the track saw & ruler with depth stop to aid with accuracy.
I was going to use the existing Veritas track from my old shooting board so allowed for the width of this on the second board & then glued the two pieces together using Cascamite & cauls
Once dry the next job was to drill a 3/4” hole square to the surface to hold the brass nut which secures the fence to the board & allows it to pivot, for this I drilled a 30mm hole in a an off cut of MDF to suite a 30mm router guide bush & used a 3/4” bit in the router to rout a hole the depth of the nut.
After which it was a case of epoxying the nut in place, drilling a 3/8” hole for a screw in threaded nut for the locking lever & fixing the shooting board plane track.
With that done I was ready to fit the fence, I’d made & fitted a sacrificial fence to aid alignment & with an engineers square offered up the fence assembly & screwed the angle indicator to the board.
Whilst the fence can be set at any angle within its range it also has presets which I checked with a digital angle finder, all seemed to be fine.
The finished board with the sacrificial fence trimmed square.
Whilst I was at it I’d made a second fence which rather than lose I attached to the cleat that goes against the bench with a couple of bolts & wingnuts.
As I like everything orderly I screwed two screws into the top rail of my wood store, cut the heads off them, marked & drilled corresponding holes in the back of the cleat & it now has a place to hang happy in the knowledge it won’t slip off.
I’d been bought a Veritas adjustable shooting board fence a couple of months ago for my birthday, this fella here .
![76530F6C-3369-4478-8591-455039CEDF11.jpeg 76530F6C-3369-4478-8591-455039CEDF11.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/67/67476-76530F6C-3369-4478-8591-455039CEDF11.jpeg)
Probably not everyone’s cup of tea but something I will find very handy.
As I’ve plenty of moisture resistant MDF it seemed logical to make the new board from this so I started cutting up some board using the track saw & ruler with depth stop to aid with accuracy.
![EFE4F34D-C98F-4F8D-9396-521B56EA3388.jpeg EFE4F34D-C98F-4F8D-9396-521B56EA3388.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/67/67477-EFE4F34D-C98F-4F8D-9396-521B56EA3388.jpeg)
I was going to use the existing Veritas track from my old shooting board so allowed for the width of this on the second board & then glued the two pieces together using Cascamite & cauls
![AC23C2E7-6D2B-4A4F-B7DC-8BDDDB55035B.jpeg AC23C2E7-6D2B-4A4F-B7DC-8BDDDB55035B.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/67/67478-AC23C2E7-6D2B-4A4F-B7DC-8BDDDB55035B.jpeg)
Once dry the next job was to drill a 3/4” hole square to the surface to hold the brass nut which secures the fence to the board & allows it to pivot, for this I drilled a 30mm hole in a an off cut of MDF to suite a 30mm router guide bush & used a 3/4” bit in the router to rout a hole the depth of the nut.
![1AC44473-41EF-4685-9A82-4147D7DD82B4.jpeg 1AC44473-41EF-4685-9A82-4147D7DD82B4.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/67/67479-1AC44473-41EF-4685-9A82-4147D7DD82B4.jpeg)
After which it was a case of epoxying the nut in place, drilling a 3/8” hole for a screw in threaded nut for the locking lever & fixing the shooting board plane track.
![D712250A-CDA2-4DF1-AA44-75EFC46CA2FB.jpeg D712250A-CDA2-4DF1-AA44-75EFC46CA2FB.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/67/67480-D712250A-CDA2-4DF1-AA44-75EFC46CA2FB.jpeg)
With that done I was ready to fit the fence, I’d made & fitted a sacrificial fence to aid alignment & with an engineers square offered up the fence assembly & screwed the angle indicator to the board.
![CA47BD2A-37C5-4245-AA5C-0D302E06924C.jpeg CA47BD2A-37C5-4245-AA5C-0D302E06924C.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/67/67481-CA47BD2A-37C5-4245-AA5C-0D302E06924C.jpeg)
Whilst the fence can be set at any angle within its range it also has presets which I checked with a digital angle finder, all seemed to be fine.
![FE97085C-DFE8-49CB-82A7-D85EDA937E1B.jpeg FE97085C-DFE8-49CB-82A7-D85EDA937E1B.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/67/67482-FE97085C-DFE8-49CB-82A7-D85EDA937E1B.jpeg)
The finished board with the sacrificial fence trimmed square.
![D7958E9D-A829-484B-B9FE-05887A1A3DF4.jpeg D7958E9D-A829-484B-B9FE-05887A1A3DF4.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/67/67483-D7958E9D-A829-484B-B9FE-05887A1A3DF4.jpeg)
Whilst I was at it I’d made a second fence which rather than lose I attached to the cleat that goes against the bench with a couple of bolts & wingnuts.
As I like everything orderly I screwed two screws into the top rail of my wood store, cut the heads off them, marked & drilled corresponding holes in the back of the cleat & it now has a place to hang happy in the knowledge it won’t slip off.
![DA9D232E-94CF-4C8C-8E8F-43CFC52D45B5.jpeg DA9D232E-94CF-4C8C-8E8F-43CFC52D45B5.jpeg](https://cdn.imagearchive.com/ukworkshop/data/attach/67/67484-DA9D232E-94CF-4C8C-8E8F-43CFC52D45B5.jpeg)
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