Veritas Miniature Shooting Plane and Shooting Board Set from Lee Valley Tools

[Jack12477]

Just got the Lee Valley Christmas Catalog in today's mail and Wow they've added another miniature tool set to the excellent line of functional miniature tools. Thought you all might like a look-see! I already know what's on my Christmas List. 😁😁😁😁😁😇

 

BTW I have their entire miniature collection and use them frequently and not just for model work.

 

Lee Valley 2022 Christmas Catalog

 

Shooting Board       $25.50    

 

Right hand shooting plane   $79.50  ( both for $89.00)

  

[garyshipwright]

Hi Jack. I just handed my wife my Christmas list and asked her if santa could bring me the set if possible. Now all I have to do is wait for Christmas to get here. Gary

[druxey]

More toys!!!!

[garyshipwright]

Hi druxey. One can not have to many toy's sorry I meant tool's. Beside I need them to fix my capstan. 😊Gary

[Bob Cleek]

Cute and handy little plane if you're right-handed. I'd be inclined to pass on the $25+S&H shooting board, though. It wouldn't take much to throw one together from shop scraps. 

[Edwardkenway]

Damn Jack, I thought I'd be safe just putting Winchelsea chapters on my Xmas list.....😅

[Jack12477]

2 hours ago, Edwardkenway said:

Damn Jack, I thought I'd be safe just putting Winchelsea chapters on my Xmas list.....😅

Looks like the Chancellor of Exchequer must be consulted. 😉😉😉😊

[mtaylor]

17 hours ago, druxey said:

More toys!!!!

Isn't the rational that he who dies with the most tools, wins?   Not sure what the reward is though for having the most.

[Jack12477]

Arrived today

 

[garyshipwright]

Well mine is on order and probably have to wait for Christmas before I get to use them O well at least their on the way.

[claybaker]

Now I feel bad. Got mine last week. Haven’t played with it though. 

[garyshipwright]

Hi Jack. Since you have  all of their tools do you also have there Miniature  Bench Vise? If so have you built a small wood working bench and mounted it? Just wanted to see how and on what you using your tool's on. Working on making a miniature work surface so it can be clamped to my work bench. Thank you Gary

[Jack12477]

Hi Gary, yes I have their miniature bench vise but the bench vise is the only thing I have not used yet. I also bought their miniature work top with accessories and have been using it. I'm still debating how and to what I want to mount the bench vise. I've been mulling over in my head whether I want to add legs to the mini work top and mount the vise underneath it or keep the current one unchanged, it works nicely on workbench as is, and buy a 2nd mini worktop to modify for the vise. As it stands there is not enough clearance to add the vise without adding legs. My other consideration is to build a small table like the one shown in the Lee Valley video of the two guys using their miniature tools to make a tooth pick 😳 😅 

 

Right now RL is getting in the way. 

 

 

My Veritas  miniature work top.

 

 

Lee Valley video screenshot with bench vise

 

 

 

Edited November 12, 2022 by Jack12477

[claybaker]

6 minutes ago, Jack12477 said:

Right now RL is getting in the way. 

Isn’t that always the case? It sure is for me. 

[garyshipwright]

Thanks Jack.  These small tool's might take me a bit to get used to due to most of mine being on the large size. I do have a very small plane made by stanley which I use all the time and is kept quite sharp. Help's make quick work of trimming plank's.  Gary

[Jack12477]

I find their miniature block plane and edge plane very useful for that. You might want to consider using their mini work top as a starting point since it is already predrilled for their bench dogs and hold downs. 

Edited November 12, 2022 by Jack12477

[Landlubber Mike]

On 11/12/2022 at 2:28 PM, claybaker said:

Now I feel bad. Got mine last week. Haven’t played with it though. 

 

 

On 11/10/2022 at 9:05 PM, Jack12477 said:

Arrived today

 

 

What do you guys think of the shooting plane?  Wondering how much I would use it, but you know, need to tell Santa what I want for Christmas...

[Jack12477]

I haven’t used mine yet ! But given that I tried to make a full size shooting board that sort of works with their pocket plane and larger bench plane, I think this will work much better for me on smaller dimension wood like kit planks etc. I still have two antique ice boat models on the drawing board I want to build in scale like the previous one, 1888 Rocket (link in signature). 

 

I have not been disappointed with any of the Veritas miniature tools I've purchased thus far.  They are well made and very sharp right out of box.

[Jack12477]

The bearded guy in the red union suit dropped this off the other night. Got a chance to play around with it. Works very smoothly, attaches nicely to the Veritas mini work table. Workmanship is superb as always. Well worth the investment

 

[Canute]

I wasn't too keen on the utility of this tool at first, but looking at it in a "working" environment I can see a lot of utility for angled cut "sweetening" by using some accurate angle fixtures. up against the stop. 

[Jack12477]

Yes, they show it being used with those plastic triangle you get at any drafting store or even Michaels

[Jack12477]

The shooting board has a bench hook on the underside. I recommend getting the shooting plane/board package as well as the miniature work table with bench dogs.

 

Some photos of my setup

 

 

 

[Canute]

Got the miniature work table last year. Been handy for several projects. My Northwest Shortline Choppers ( for cutting wood and plastic strips) have standard angles of 30, 45 and 60 degrees that are as small as the Veritas units. This will work out nicely, Jack. 👍