Interspersed comments for ease and clarity, I apologize for not
bottom posting.

Fred the Red Shirt wrote:
Respecfully, I think you miswrote here.
Jointing is done to the side (edge to clear) of a board, or
to the edges of two boards clamped together which are to be
edge-joined to make a panel.
I guess I missed something, I thought that I'd said that the
jointing was done to the sides of the board. As I've said in the
past, I'm a turner trying to learn flatwork, so maybe I got the
terms mixed up. I use mine to make boards suitable for gluing
together to make wider boards and to clean up the ends of a board.

This is sometimes done with a
jointer fence attached to the plane, but so long as the boards
are clamped together face-to-face or back-to-back the fence
isn't needed as any beveling of the jonted edges will be
suplimentary (e.g. match) to give a flat panel when edge
glued. However a long plane is a big help so as to not
crown the edges from end to end.
No argument there, That's why I pointed out that the length of the
plane in respect to the length of the board is important. It's
also why I said that the two boards jointed at the same time would
mate up because the angles wouyld be complimentary. It's also why
I said #5 or greater.

A long straght edge used
as a guide WOULD make it possible to joint with a short plane,
a 4 1/2 for instance, but I have never seen that done or
even heard of it.
I mentioned using a long straight-edge to check the straightness
of the upper piece of plywood. I wasn't suggesting using it as
the reference surface for the plane, and certainly not for use
with a #4.

I admit to never having used a shooting board, but have seen them
used and typically a shooting board is used to clean up a saw cut
and trim to exactly the correct angle a crosscut of some ilk,
such as a miter cut. Thus a shooting board typically is used to
guide the plane while trimming the endgrain of the board.
I saw shooting boards used to square ends as well as trim angles.

I don't see how a shooting board could be used to edge joint
a board, though I have heard jointing referred to as 'shooting
the edge' of the board, by Roy Underhill.
If you take a look at the sketch I made, the board gets clamped to
the upper board just barely hanging over its edge, and the plane
is put on it's side on the lower board. The plane will remove the
edge of the board up to the point where its sole contacts the edge
of the upper board. At that time, hopefully, the edge of the
board to be jointed will be flat and square. I got the idea from
Jeff Gorman's website,
http://www.amgron.clara.net/planingp...otingindex.htm
but it's possible that I misunderstood what he was saying. It
works, which is what I was looking for.

It's possible that I've misused the shooting board by using it for
edges on boards, but since I don't have a jointer, it'll have to
do. %-)

Dave in Fairfax
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