Clamping long plank for ploughing
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Need to plough a groove onto the face of a 2m 1×4. Trying to figure a good way to hold it. Can’t use the vise as it gets in the way of the plane, and doesn’t support the board and stop of from flexing. Can’t really put it on the worktop edge, as again the vise gets in the way. Any obvious way I’m missing? Have a Paul Sellers bench made to the most recent design.
Tom, I don’t know if you’re familiar with a “sticking board” but that’s one way to hold a piece like you’re talking about. In it’s classic form, it has a stop at one end with pins it it that the work piece butts into (the pins stick into the end of your work) and then additional pins protruding from the surface along the length so that when you drop the work piece down on them it “sticks” in place. Sorry for the poor description, but maybe you can find it on YouTube.
Something else I’ve done that’s really simple is to cut my work piece a little long and then fasten it to a much wider piece of plywood or MDF with a couple of screws though each end. I let the reference edge of the work piece overhang the plywood slightly so it doesn’t interfere with the fence on the plough. You can fasten a cleat to the underside of the plywood that will clamp in your vise so that the work piece overhangs the vise far enough to allow the plough to clear it and clamp the back end to your bench. And you can move that rear clamp forward when you get to the back of the work if it’s in the way. I hope that makes sense.
I use the vise, and plow about 6 inches at a time. Angle the wood to avoid interference. Clamp, plow, reposition, repeat.