On Jun 28, 8:48 pm, "Lowell Holmes" <[email protected]> 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
On Sat, 28 Jun 2008 18:59:44 -0700 (PDT), RicodJour
<[email protected]> wrote:
>On Jun 28, 8:48 pm, "Lowell Holmes" <[email protected]> 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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>> On Jun 28, 8:48 pm, "Lowell Holmes" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> Why is a donkey's-ear shooting board called a donkey's ear? :-)
>>
>> Which brings up a question I have - isn't it a chuting board? The
>> plane rides in a chute, right?
>>
>> Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
>> Chute
>> Shoot\, n. [F. chute. See Chute. Confused with shoot to let fly.] An
>> inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal,
>> etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or
>> artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a
>> channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the
>> stream, so as to shorten the course. [Written also chute, and shute.]
>> [U. S.]
>>
>> They say right in the definition that it's an inclined plane. :)
>>
>> R
>
> I can't argue with that. :-)
I can. I believe the inclined plane in that definition refers to one of the
so-called simple machines, and is just a basic ramp with a slope to it,
rather than a woodworking plane.
B.
On Jun 28, 8:48 pm, "Lowell Holmes" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Why is a donkey's-ear shooting board called a donkey's ear? :-)
Which brings up a question I have - isn't it a chuting board? The
plane rides in a chute, right?
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
Chute
Shoot\, n. [F. chute. See Chute. Confused with shoot to let fly.] An
inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal,
etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or
artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a
channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the
stream, so as to shorten the course. [Written also chute, and shute.]
[U. S.]
They say right in the definition that it's an inclined plane. :)
R
"RicodJour" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Jun 28, 8:48 pm, "Lowell Holmes" <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Why is a donkey's-ear shooting board called a donkey's ear? :-)
>
> Which brings up a question I have - isn't it a chuting board? The
> plane rides in a chute, right?
>
> Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
> Chute
> Shoot\, n. [F. chute. See Chute. Confused with shoot to let fly.] An
> inclined plane, either artificial or natural, down which timber, coal,
> etc., are caused to slide; also, a narrow passage, either natural or
> artificial, in a stream, where the water rushes rapidly; esp., a
> channel, having a swift current, connecting the ends of a bend in the
> stream, so as to shorten the course. [Written also chute, and shute.]
> [U. S.]
>
> They say right in the definition that it's an inclined plane. :)
>
> R
I can't argue with that. :-)
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> SNIP
>>>
>>> R
>>
>> I can't argue with that. :-)
>
> I can. I believe the inclined plane in that definition refers to one of
> the so-called simple machines, and is just a basic ramp with a slope to
> it, rather than a woodworking plane.
>
> B.
This was just a fun post. I still am curious where the name originated.
I did make something similar and with my BU jack plane was able to easily
miter joints on some molding.