Quote Originally Posted by WmRMeyers View Post
I've run in to it, but most of the sources I've seen talking about them are from the UK. A lot of American woodworking is based around power tools. The fine handicrafts of woodworking are more based around woodworking in Appalachia, where there is a very strong English and Scots tradition relying on the old traditional practices. Though we steal good ideas from everywhere! I'm not much of woodworker, more wood butcher, truth be told, and I actually find metal more forgiving. "Measure twice, cut once, weld, repeat!"

Bill
That's interesting to hear. I think it's very likely that I first heard of a shooting board from someone in England just because of where I live, but I wasn't aware of how it's more common in the UK than in the US.

It can't be that rare in the US though: I think of Lie Nielsen as an all-American tool maker and they sell a dedicated shooting board plane.


Wood by Wright is an American woodworker who has a few videos about shooting boards too:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BAWNOi86FQ

I'm pretty sure I've seen Canadian youtubers Rob Cosman and Tom Fidgen using them too, so definitely not just UK.