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A hand plane is a tool for shaping wood using muscle power to force the cutting iron over the wood surface. Some rotary power planers are motorized power tools used for similar tasks, but are less sui
Craftsman No. 5 jack plane
A hand plane in use
Roman planes found in Germany, dating to the 1st to 3rd century AD
Hand plane
Jack plane
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A jack plane is a general-purpose woodworking bench plane, used for dressing timber down to size in preparation for truing and/or edge jointing. It is usually the first plane used on rough stock, but
Plane (tool)
…than a smoothing plane, has an iron with a convex cutting edge and has a wider mouth opening to accommodate the ejection of thicker shavings/chips. A jack plane or fore plane, usually between 14 and 20 inches (360 and 510 mm) long, is also used for initial material removal, but with more accuracy and flattening…
A Garrett Wade Paragon #5 jack plane
Two carpenters using a jack plane. Wood shavings are visible in the foreground.
Wooden jack plane from c.1860