> On Jun 6, 2021, at 12:54 PM, Chuck Taylor via groups.io
 wrote:
> 
> Dan and other Gentle Galoots,
> 
> I hate to disagree with my esteemed colleagues, but according to Salaman's
Dictionary of Woodworking Tools, the following picture shows a donkey's ear,
more precisely "Donkey's Ear Shooting Board", used for "planing a mitre in the
thickness of a board (e.g. along its edge rather than across its end." This is
one I made recently just for the fun of it.
> 
> https://vault.myvzw.com/webcs/C0N4aKRC8C 
> 
> 
> Next is a picture of what Salaman calls a "Mitre Shooting Block" or "Mitre
Jack", made by our own Adam Maxwell:
> 
> https://maxwells.smugmug.com/Woodworking/Poplar-bookcase/i-rN9XJ6h/A
> 
> 
> Salaman says that "In use the workpiece, which has been sawn to a mitre, is
cramped between the triangular blocks, and the joint trued with the Plane."


And they come in a variety of configurations. I had one w/ the triangular block
and this one came along. I have found it more useful so I sold off the other
one.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../20951726916/in/dateposted/
https://www.flickr.com/photos/77280442@N.../20977998355/in/dateposted/

Bill