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Shooting board

projects.shooting_board

A base board with a stop block across it, housed in a dado near one end.

Shooting board, assembled

Shooting board, exploded

Parameters

Parameter Default
length 450
width 250
stop_width 40
stop_from_end 30
stock 20 mm board, oak
stop_stock 30 mm board, oak

Change them in a design file (see Change an example):

from woodwright.examples import projects

design = projects.shooting_board(length=562.5)

Drawings

The plans in one PDF: plans.pdf.

Assembly

assembly

Parts

parts

Base

base

Stop

stop

Cut list

base  450 x 250 x 20 mm  oak
      - dado 30 mm, 6.5 deep, in top_face
stop  250 x 46.5 x 30 mm  oak

Code

From woodwright/examples/projects.py, which imports the names it uses (see From an example to your own design):

def shooting_board(
    length: float = 450,
    width: float = 250,
    stop_width: float = 40,
    stop_from_end: float = 30,
    stock: Stock = OAK,
    stop_stock: Stock = THICK_OAK,
) -> Assembly:
    """A base board with a stop block across it, housed in a dado near one end."""
    asm = Assembly("shooting_board")
    base = asm.add(Board("base", stock, length=length, width=width))
    stop = asm.add(Board("stop", stop_stock, length=width, width=stop_width))
    asm.join(
        DadoJoint(
            dado=base.top_face,
            end=stop.front_edge,
            position=offset(stop_from_end, base.right_end),
            # The stop lies across the base: its end flush with the base's front edge.
            flush=(base.front_edge, stop.left_end),
        )
    )
    return asm

Exported with woodwright 0.9.0 on 2026-10-25.