How do you cut the end of a wide board so it has bevels for a box? Miter boxes and shooting boards are for miters. You need a donkey's ear shooting board. Most of the instructions I've seen until now start with a table saw. Which I don't have or want and woodworkers didn't have before machine tools.
John McGrath shows how to do it by hand. I milled more oak and carefully planed it square & 4s.
Getting the angle right all the way is just like squaring and thicknessing a board by hand.
The final fit is with a rabbet plane that cuts down into the corner.
The Jack Rabbet plane is perfect for this. But not for shooting. It will eventually cut too far.
I had to try a test cut.
A low angle plane is great for cutting end grain.
This Low Angle Jack Rabbet has a trick that makes it great for shooting. Can you spot it?
How about now?
The handle can be angled left or right.
All I need are some sides for the plane to so it isn't a rabbet plane with the blade to the edges.
This plane has rods for a fence that screw into threads on the side.
I'll make sides from an old cutting board and it will be perfect for shooting. It will also keep the blade from cutting me when i pick it up like a regular plane.
When I get the sides on, I'll make a mitered box and see how I did making the donkey's ear.
