But ..

A topic that comes up now and then

On 2014-09-30 10:09, John Holladay wrote:
> thought of building a shooting board with a slope to get a skew effect from
> a standard plane.   Does anyone out there use one?   I would think it would

Sloping the ramp does not get the same result as angling the blade to 
the line of motion.

On a sloped ramp, the blade is square to the line of motion so the 
shaving travels straight up the blade.

However, there is one small advantage to a sloped ramp. You use more of 
the blade so the blade stays sharp longer and has less pronounced wear 
in the middle.

Google "What about ramped shooting boards?" for a full explanation.

The previous item on that page is "How does skewing change the cutting 
angle?"

Brent
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Brent Beach
Victoria, BC, Canada