What plane is best for a shooting board?

Let me start by saying this: The best plane is a sharp one! As long as it’s sharp, you can use almost any plane with a shooting board, except for ones like a shoulder plane, where the blade extends the full width of the body. A block plane will work.

Is Lie-Nielsen still in business?

Lie-Nielsen Toolworks, Inc. is a family-owned business, established in 1981 and based in Warren, Maine. It manufactures a range of high quality hand tools, primarily for woodworking, based on traditional designs. It is best known for its hand planes.

How do you hold a plane on a shooting board?

Holding the plane The natural place to hold a shooting plane is over the mouth/bed/frog area. This permits one to simultaneously push the plane forwards and against the runway fence.

What is a shooting board in woodworking?

A shooting board is a jig for woodworking which is used in combination with a hand plane to trim and square up the edges and ends of boards. It would typically be used on a workbench. A plank or board with edges planed flat is called a shot edge board.

Why are Jack planes low angle?

The Veritas low-angle jack plane is a versatile bench plane. It is ideal for shooting miters, working end grain, and initial smoothing. With the optional high-angle blades, it is also the answer for working difficult grains, making it a well-rounded workhorse. Lee Valley has designated it as a No.

Is Lie-Nielsen worth the money?

On the whole, the Lie-Nielsen tools sold for an average of 16 percent less than the full retail price. If you averaged out all the transactions, the average Lie-Nielsen tool sold for $38 less than the retail price. So there you have it. My collection of Lie-Nielsens is doing better than my 401(k).

Is Lie-Nielsen still making tools?

LIE-NIELSEN TOOLWORKS began in 1981 as an effort to make top-quality hand tools available again from a U.S. maker and to revive discontinued, but useful, designs so the average woodworker could obtain them. Today we make a variety of planes, saws, spokeshaves, chisels, and more.

What is a Mitre shooting board?

A miter shooting board is simple to use. You hold the work in place against the stop block with one hand, and push or pull the plane with the other. Always work so that the plane pushes the work against the stop block. The miter shooting board is most obviously useful when doing inside mitering.

What is a No 62 plane?

62, one of the three large format low angle block planes that Stanley made. At 14″ long, the No. 62 was the largest. It was produced between 1905 and 1942*. It is often referred to as a butcher’s block plane, giving you an idea of one use it was designed for.