At 10:36 AM -0400 9/11/98, Tom O'Neil wrote:
        [snip]
>Can anyone recommend a source for  information on how to make
>[a shooting board] and the proper technique to join a board with one?

        Yep.  a plan (not just a picture), with dimensions and 3-D views,
can be found in Aldren Watson, HAND TOOLS, THEIR WAYS AND WORKINGS, (NY,
Lyons and Burford, 1996, ISBN 1-55821-224-8) p. 400.  The description and
tips on use are on pp. 199-200.  This book, BTW, was originally published
by Norton in 1982.  I found the reprint in Barnes and Noble sometime in the
past year.  It has a lot of galootinous information,and clear plans for
several benches, jigs and fixtures for hand tool use, along with a lot
about the tools themselves.
                Tom Holloway