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Donkey's Ear Shooting Board

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Donkey's Ear Shooting Board

Postby Woodbloke » 14 Jun 2019, 12:30

One of these has been on my tuit list for at least two decades so I reckoned it was about time I made one :D This design, in my very 'umble opinion, is the best one out there by several light years but it's not mine: it's based on one I pinched from Mitch Peacock's UToobing channel; see here

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It's fully adjustable in both planes, firstly by slackening off and pivoting the frame about one of the coach bolts and secondly by a cunning system of adjustment on the top track using a couple of packers to set the exact angle.

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...and just to and a little extra poshness, I lubricated the tracks with a smear of...

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...Alfie Shine. Much to my surprise 'cos it doesn't happen often it was spot on first time! - Rob
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Re: Donkey's Ear Shooting Board

Postby TrimTheKing » 14 Jun 2019, 13:12

Looks very nice mate.
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Re: Donkey's Ear Shooting Board

Postby Malc2098 » 14 Jun 2019, 14:02

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Re: Donkey's Ear Shooting Board

Postby Andyp » 14 Jun 2019, 16:30

You are quite good at making shooting ioards Rob ;)
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Re: Donkey's Ear Shooting Board

Postby Woodbloke » 14 Jun 2019, 17:31

Andyp wrote:You are quite good at making shooting ioards Rob ;)

Thanks Andy, I've made enough of them over the years :D - Rob
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Re: Donkey's Ear Shooting Board

Postby Rod » 17 Jun 2019, 10:14

This is the more typical Donkey’s ear though it still doesn’t look like one:

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I made this one about 20yrs ago, doesn’t get much use though

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Running edge:

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Re: Donkey's Ear Shooting Board

Postby Woodbloke » 17 Jun 2019, 11:35

Rod wrote:This is the more typical Donkey’s ear though it still doesn’t look like one:

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That's what I'd been using up to now for small boxes etc but it's now doing time in a landfill somewhere. I think the new one is going to be a lot easier to use - Rob
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