Newbie Hello – and – Squaring and internal angle

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  • btibuzz
    10 June 2013 at 2:07 pm #13297

    Hi there – bit of a newbie been lurking and trying to take it all in for a while – After a few weeks sharpening everything in sight, I decided to actually let the chisels see the wood for the first time over the weekend. Nothing too advanced, figured I’d start with the shooting board and the dovetail template.

    It’s obviously going to take me a while. But even with these simple efforts, I managed to impress myself with a few straight cuts, and sharp edges, where previous attempts have failed miserably.

    Unfortunately one of the mistakes I made was forgetting to square off the edge of the top board (with the wedge dadoes) of the shooting board before gluing it to the baseboard.

    I now have a >90deg internal angle. The plane doesn’t work as it doesn’t engage with this edge at all, the side running on the base board and the base against the bottom of the sloped top board. I tried chisels but got worried as every way I can think of aplying them, they’ll head into the base board.

    Any suggestions for how I can remedy this beyond starting again and remembering to square it off this time?

    Cheers

    Paul

    Steve Follis
    10 June 2013 at 2:24 pm #13298

    Hey Paul

    Not sure exactly what parts you are referring to that are out of square. Is it something that could be sanded back into square with a sanding block block? Or something that could be shimmed back into square? Post a picture if you can, it may help.

    We are all here for pleasure, no stress allowed. So get ready to have some fun!

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    Greg Merritt
    10 June 2013 at 4:18 pm #13309

    Shoulder plane seems to be your best option.

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    btibuzz
    11 June 2013 at 9:24 am #13322

    Thanks Guys – not sure the credit card will take another tool ths month – I do however have spare wood so I think I’ll do it again (properly this time)

    Cheers

    Paul

    David Gill
    11 June 2013 at 12:02 pm #13325

    Hi Paul
    Welcome the more members posting the better , it is a great site there is always somebody with an answer to your questions

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    Ken
    11 June 2013 at 12:05 pm #13326

    Hey Paul,
    Welcome buddy, dive in and enjoy. 😉

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