You NEED a SHOOTING BOARD (Here's how to build one!)
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2017
- I have had several folks ask about my shooting board, how I make them and what changes I incorporated. I have been teaching hand tool WW for a long time and as I see beginners struggle with issues that I had long forgotten troubled me, I decided to fix what I could. Once you learn to sharpen and use a plane, an accurate shooting board will do more to improve your work than any other device in the shop. We have been asked so often to start selling these, we now offer them on my site. robcosman.com/products/rob-co...
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I love how ot not all perfectly planned out.. problem solving as you go along. Gives a clearer idea of how its made rather than having perfect material ready and simply gluing up 👍
I agree, thats why we film that way and always will.
@@RobCosmanWoodworking I was a carpenter for 20 years before I started teaching 10 years ago. I often tell my students I rarely had a day when I didn't spend the majority of my time doing raw problem solving. If it were easy, a machine could do it. You Sir, are a master craftsman, and I really appreciate your honest teaching style.
I agree. One big difference between me and the pros like Rob and others is that THEY know how to solve problems and correct mistakes. They also keep a clean shop whereas I can barely walk around in mine. :D
A year ago I watched a video that Rob Cosman said I’m paraphrasing “if you learn how to use hand planes it will change how you do woodworking for the better”. I am a much better woodworker worker today because I have learned how to use hand plane’s (still learning) and have actually started using more of all kinds of hand tools. I even sent that video to my old HS shop teacher because I knew how much he would enjoy it too.
I also liked that he moves too fast liked me. Everyone else is so slow and methodical. Makes me feel like I'm crazy.
Sincere thanks to you Rob!
I'm a disabled carpenter due to back surgery. Started the trade at 18, had a botched surgery at 34. About 8 yrs framing, than became finish carpenter. Its weird how life works, but new for certain at about 28yrs, that I loved and appreciated finer woodworking. Everything always came down to finances as I married at 23. I had to do by obligation heavier work. I went on my own at 30yr.
Anyway, I deeply appreciate all your teaching, and the generosity you have freely given in knowledge, is something I not only highly respect, but it's meant to me more than words can say! Thank you so much. At 56, I have a new, a different attitude toward my future. I've acquired knowledge for years. I'm beginning to pursue woodworking as a "first love".
All I've learned from you is so completely valuable!!! You've affected my life at the core of all that I love, as it relates to Wood, the trade, the detail, integrity, expertise, just all that I love.
Couple years ago I built a 4'x7' assembly table, torsion box style. 3/4" melamine top and bottom, with 3/4" birch ply as the inside. I purchased Lie-Nielsen's low angel Jack-rabbit as well as the low angel rabbit block plane. Also, marking gauges and so forth.
I need a 5 1/2 and am wondering quality wise between your Wood river, or Lie-Nielsen.
Started building furniture a couple yrs ago, and soon want to make this purchase. I'm very loyal to what I deem is important. I've never had anything from Wood river, but knowing you represent them now puts them in the bidding.
From all you've taught me through your video's, and being in my position financially, I'm sure you would say to go with wood river 5 1/2. I just know in my heart, Lie-Nielsen is just a bit more quality.
This dragged out comment was really meant just to let you know how much I appreciate your teaching, your complete generosity in it. SO THANK YOU MAN, TOTALLY!!!
Sincerely, david per Wooden Nails
What I love about all these Rob Cosman videos is that having now watched almost 20, Rob’s very dry and subtle humour and warmth becomes more noticeable. And also having watched many other good UA-cam woodworkers to get me making things - I’m coming back to Rob to take me to the next level. Thank’s Rob for generously sharing all of this advice. And I’m hoping one day someone will treat me to one of those wonderful saws you make….
Rob Cosman and Paul Sellers two top woodwork educators around. I love to sound from your planes make when cutting hardwoods.
My grandpa taught me about planes and shooting boards but adding the part about the reverse chamfer to reduce tearout is genius. Thanks for teaching an old dog another new trick.
You and Paul Sellers are my favorite channels.I only started woodworking late in life 51,so i have a lot to learn,but i am not doing it for profit merely because i love doing it.
I finished mine yesterday. I used hard maple, since that's what I already had on hand from when I made the vise jaw for my Cosman Workbench last year. This design is a dream - it works beautifully. I was even able to use it while prepping the cleat. I put the whole shooting board on the workbench, between bench dogs, with some scrap wood to protect the edges of the shooting board from the brass dogs. Thank you for making this video - it was an invaluable resource. And I'd also like to offer a special thanks to Luther, who helped me - he even offered to call me to help over the phone, while I was trying to figure out why I couldn't get my plane to do what I was expecting.
It's like watching a mad scientist at work. Seems a little all-over-the-place but amazing results always come out in the end.
Love the spring clamp in between your shoulder blades
Great build. Only thing weird was when I followed your steps exactly, I got glue squeeze out instead of glue squeeze oot, though my buddy up in Vancouver also got squeeze oot. Go figure. Like others, I appreciate how you don't script and edit your builds, but have to look around for your glue and find that your shop pencil tip is broken--just like the rest of us.
It's the Canadian glue :)
It's maple syrup not glue
I don't appreciate the lack of editing. Drives me crazy. Some would say that it is an insult to the viewer- not caring enough about their time to not waste it. At time of writing, 585K views, so each wasted minute is over a year of viewer's time.
@Mike M you’ve been complaining a lot lately.
@@Tensquaremetreworkshop I find it more helpful why waste time complaining just move on
Thank you, Rob, for thinking aloud. Most helpful for those of us just learning the tricks of the trade.
I've watched this more than once. I'll watch again. So much great information.
New to woodworking here - Glad to know I'm not the only one who ends up with 30 different tools, pencils, measuring thingies all over the place whenever I'm done with a project.
Simply Brilliant, thank you Rob you have the patience of a saint
Thanks Rob great timing, I now have a shooting board.
Wonderful video. Reminds me of the old saying: Better to teach someone how to fish than to bring them dinner.
Early in 2022 I built my first "bench accessory" shooting board using these instructions and it works a treat. It was rough build, using what scrap wood I had available, and I was very much still learning how to manipulate the wood and be accurate but even then I'm impressed how much of an improvement to my work this tool provided. I'd recommend anyone getting into woodworking and has a hand plane to create one, even if it is rough, as a stepping stone to greater accuracy with your projects.
I now plan to, carefully, build another one with everything I've learned since both using it and with woodworking practice.
I love that your shop isn't perfect. The non scripted looking for stuff is great to see
Why? Underhill's ain't, Abram's really wasn't, so don't stress over it. I bet you know where everything is.. except the CA glue that you wanted, the others were there. If we did have perfect shops, nobody would believe we did any woodworking, ya know. BTW, Happy Belated Canada Day
Rob Cosman's shop is exactly my idea of perfect. I wish I had something like that.
I spend half my life looking for stuff
One of the best and clearest instructional video's I've seen. Such patience to get the best finished job
Making this today!!!! My current board has the exact problem you described. Thank you Rob.
Great stuff Rob. I love how your voice never changes always calm and very clear with instruction. Precise just like your work..
I wouldn't like to piss him off though-not the kind to suffer fools!
So good to watch the master at work. Thanks for what you do.
Each time I watch you do something Rob, even if I have already seen you do it, I learn something new, pick-up an idea or a technique. I am grateful for all that you do and share with the world.
Oh, me too! Like, TIL an entire roll of shop towels makes a badass bench brush! XD
That was by far the best shooting board video I've seen. I'm making a new one.
Thanks for the little extras (tips). I can see they'll make a big difference.
Thanks. Just pulled the trigger on a low angle jack plane and was looking for a good "how to" shooting board video. Your explanation for the need for a convex board was helpful. I plan to build a board this weekend with your method.
Was having problems squaring up trim and insert panels for a project last week - FINALLY built a right-angle shooting board (in the middle of the project - better late than not at all). What a time and frustration saver - I'm a believer now! Built a 45-degree version before I get to that part of the project...
Great tip about the bow/cup
Great watching your use of tools to create and explain another tool. Nice!!
Excellent presentation the gentleman got right into the project without any fuss, well done.
I watched this immediately after the Paul Sellers video on the same subject. Check out both for two completely different takes on same thing and compare the tension in the work method.
I've watched both and much prefer Paul's method. I haven't made one of his yet but it will be the one I make. Why? Because I'm broke and the materials needed to make his can be found in any construction dumpster. So what if it takes me longer to make. Rob says his takes "15 minutes" to make. Yeah, 15 minutes to cut the material and an hour or so to let all the glue dry!
You are a very good teacher Rob thanks
That crown is distinctive and a good, close perception. Thank you.
Thanks Rob, good lesson. My woodworking teacher 50 years ago used to bonk us on the head with a mallet if we didn't spell shuteing correctly. He said Shute not Shoot. CLONK. In light of the pain involved I feel it my duty to inform the world. Cheers from England.
and suddenly the name makes a whole lot more sense to me (
I think you may be right about the Ch. Too many bangs on the head. I'm just glad this teacher never took us for metalwork lessons.
Bread and Jam My teacher was really slick. If you weren’t paying attention to him and started talking to another student in class, he used to discretely signal to any nearby student and that student would give you a cocotazo. In Spanish in metaphorically means coconut landing on your head from a palm tree. The student would stick out his middle knuckle and pop you on the head really hard. Despite that, we all loved our teacher.
Thanks, Rob. Nice tip on the crowning of the jig. Now, to the shop.....
Brilliant Rob! The beauty of these on the fly videos of yours is seeing how you handle the little “side” jobs that inevitably come up during the course of a project. It’s such a pleasure to watch you work and see how you handle yourself with such precision yet still with great speed, efficiency. Thanks for making this video.
Nice too see it's not always perfect, but got
there in the end.
Love to watch a craftsman work. Very informative.
Thanks for sharing that tip!!
Blows me away , awesome stuff
Thanks Rob, look forward to more from you..
Just finished building one. Making a Concert Ukulele and need a better way to join the top and bottom. Thanks for your insight and guidance. I like the cyano stuff. I use it on my lathe. I was at one of your Dovetail Seminars years ago and I bought a collection of tools. I have never regretted buying any of those tools. Thanks.
Hi, Mr.Cosman. First I wanted to say your videos have been such a GREAT help to me. I have watched TONS of youtube videos on woodworking and most will just say oh yea just grab anything and go at it. Without going into detail about it and the meaning behind it. And all the videos of yours that I have watched you do just that. You go into great detail and give the reason and meaning behind why or how to do certain things. And THAT is something I find as a MUST in a teacher. I know you dont know me at all but you have been a great teacher to me. And I wanted to thank you VERY much. Also I'm sending you a email. IF AND ONLY IF you can find the time just take a quick look at it. Its just one question and thats all. And has a simple answer so it wont take more then 1 min outta your time. Again thank you VERY much Mr.Cosman
I need to make one. Now I know how. Thanks Rob
Rob, after using your boards for a week I need to make my own. Going to give this a try soon.
Clever, simile and very useful!
Making one tomorrow!
thank you, you have inspired me to use more hand tools on my projects
Game changer. Easier to build and get square than I thought it would be. Now I don't sweat crosscutting boards. Amazing how the old ways still produce the best results.
Old is good sometimes!
I didn't have enough large clamps to make this work, so i grabbed a couple concrete deck piers that I had laying in the corner of the shop, worked like a champ.
Cheers Rob, another useful video
I made mine quite a while back out of scrap wood worked great for a long time.yours looks much nicer though Rob.Thanks
The glue is drying on my shooting board just as you made it here. Excited to see it in action. Thanks, Rob, I am always learning from your videos!
the shavings from the planes... perfection!
Sickening isnt it....effortless!
Thank you Rob, learned a lot of tips from you just then.
enjoyed watching. Good workmanship
Well shit, now I got to make another one. Thank you Rob and happy Canada Day!
Thank you, Rob. I needed this. I'm beefing up on my dovetail skills and you're right. I need a shooting board to get my hardwood stock squared up just so. It's happening this week, just after I knock three other little jobs off...
In fact, I'll make two while I'm at it. One for work, one for home.
Finest woodworker on the interwebs!
Loved your video and how you trouble shoot while working. I had no issues with the audio. I will subscribe.
Thanks for the video!!!
very good video and he cares about doing a perfect job more than allot of other video's people do. thanks for good video
Love how you say 'Shoot' when making a shooting board
Yeah - when I screw up in the shop I say "something like that" too
Love that squirrel tale. That's now on a wish list.
Love to watch you Rob, thanks for this video, I’ll make one just like you taught here, thanks again
top job all the info and knowhow i needed thank you .
Glad to see that a professional woodworker has a spotlessly clean, tidy and everything in it's proper place. There is hope for me yet. Brilliant new use for a spring clamp. New shooting board on it's way.
Thanks very much. That was very enjoyable.
Hi,!
Thank you this advise.
I greatly enjoyed the video. I need to make a shooting board and probably will this weekend. But there are a few reasons I greatly enjoyed the video that a lot of people are not catching on to. I like to process you use by keeping it simple. I love that you are not obsessed with some of the so called safety equipment that i see on several other channels. I truly believe in safety and practice what I believe are good and solid safety procedures. However it can go overboard as many of the people currently posting their videos think that they need eye protection, dust collection and hearing protection every time they use any tool, and many never touch any glue with their fingers. There are definitely times that hearing protection is warranted such as planing a large run, but a couple cuts on the table saw dont really require anything other than safety glasses and the band saw barely makes any noise and rarely flings anything from it. I do wear safety glasses most of the time in the shop and a face shield for some operations such a lathe work and using a grinder. I do believe that my fingers are a great tool for spreading normal wood glue. Of course, when I started in this business (about 45 years ago) safety was not a big priority and they didn't even make tools for spreading glue for small pieces. I dont and never will own any for smaller glue joint as i have finger that works much better. And I really like how you show your mistakes. I have long made the statement that the difference between a pup and a seasoned carpenter and woodworker is not always the number of mistakes, as they happen often, but, rather how the mistakes are handled. With a well seasoned woodworker, unless they tell you they made a mistake, you will not even know, as they simply correct the mistake and move on, while the pup has no idea how to correct their mistake. Thanks for the great videos. I have worked as a carpenter, owned a cabinet shop for several years and then on to a career as a building and fire inspector and then as the fire Marshal of a large jurisdiction. Now I am retired and due to COVID interrupting my normal travel and hunting plans I am spending lots of time in the shop and loving it.
Very informative.
Great job, Rob!
Best wishes from Germany!
Love your show.& work.
When constructing airframes from balsa for radio control applications we often use CA to reinforce the threads where screws hold radio equipment and/or the electric motor or gasoline engine to the frame.
I never get tired of Rob's ability to problem solve immediately and at a PhD level.
Nice video brother. Plan on making a shooting board according to these plans.
God bless.
Very good video, always interesting
Old saw blades work pretty good for spreading too.
Damn Rob I always thought you were smart but now I know that you are really really smart. Tape trick was absolutely brilliant.
Nice one Rob.
Well done. I like it.
The little spring clamp on your back cracks me up🤣
Great video you make excellent tutorials 👌 thankyou
Great video, thanks for taking the time to make and publish. Got to be the best instructional video for making a shooting board I have seen, certainly given me the inspiration to go and make my own one now. Also love how not everything goes as planned and you problem solve along the way.
Awesome video Great work !
I like how the Canadian woodworkers wrap their clamp handles like a hockey stick. Saw 2 others do the same thing.
My question with this guy is - if you have this fully equipped workshop, why use a shooting board and a hand plane? Wouldn’t you just use a jointer? If you’re going to make a shooting board with a table saw (and maybe a jointer) your really don’t need one. No shit. Nice of him to show his work though, thanks Rob
Magnífico, gracias !!!!!!!!
Fantastic Thanks
Thank you. Great video...Love the precision. Going to see what a "bloke box" is...lol...cheers...rr
Just saw you making your shooting board very very nice "hey" thanks
Those are some beautiful shavings at 20:43
Would love to see a video on basic chair joinery. I'd like to see how you navigate the angles.
Looking forward to making one for my bench soon. Thanks for the build and thanks for doing it in real time just like one of us would build it.
Fantastic video
Cyanoacrylate is indeed super glue, but it is not specifically for wood. In fact, it was developed in the medical field to close wounds without sutures. Unfortunately, the oils in our body collect under the glu interface, and the bond pulls apart. You can test that by gluing two fingers together. Wait a while, and you can easily pill the m apert.
Thanks Rob. You've sold me on the idea of a shooting board. Appreciate you making this video!
23:58 I'm shook after that transition.
Thanks for all your videos. I'm a semi retired guy that is just starting the hobby. Your videos are extremely helpful in explaining the why and how of different techniques. Fortunately I have a bit of a machine shop background so some things come a little easier. (Like sharpening blades.) I'm using woodworking to help my 11 year old grandson learn some things besides the workings of an XBOX. So far so good!
Just made this exact shooting board, cannot wait to use it.
Thank you so very kindly. I had made many before hand and always found them to dish outta square and had fiddled with painters tape but this method produces no sag in the material when shooting 👊
I like the tape job on the clamp handles. I think someone has a hockey background. :)