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MITER-GAUGE SHOOTING BOARD
Wood
|July 2024 - Issue 296
Build this shooting board in an afternoon; use it for a lifetime to produce gap-free joinery with just a few strokes of a hand plane.

A shooting board and a sharp hand plane bring precision to fine-tuning joinery and squaring up workpieces. This one, made from scrap plywood and hardwood, holds a removable miter gauge to simplify locking in exact angles.
BUILD YOUR BOARD
1 From 1/2" Baltic birch plywood, cut a base and top to size [Drawing]. Glue and clamp them together keeping one edge and the ends flush.
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