Re: Donkey's-ear shooting board

On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:59:44 -0700 (PDT), RicodJour
<ricodjour@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jun 28, 8:48 pm, "Lowell Holmes" <oak77...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Why is a donkey's-ear shooting board called a donkey's ear? :-)

Horse's ass was already taken...? ;) I have no idea why it's called
that. I also have no idea what it is, so I don't feel too bad about
it.

R
Likely because of the angle formed between the boards (viewed from the
end). Looks a bit like the ears on a donkey if you use a bit of
imagination.

A shooting board is a jig used for planing - and a donkey's ear
shooting board is used for cleaning up mitered joints.
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