A smoothing plane or smooth plane is a type of bench plane used in woodworking. The smoothing plane is typically the last plane used on a wood surface, removing very fine shavings to leave a smooth finish. When used effectively it quickly produces a finish that equals or surpasses that made by sandpaper.
A Garrett Wade Paragon No. 4 Smoothing Plane
A wooden smoothing plane.
A hand plane is a tool for shaping wood using muscle power to force the cutting blade over the wood surface. Some rotary power planers are motorized power tools used for the same types of larger tasks, but are unsuitable for fine-scale planing, where a miniature hand plane is used.
Craftsman No. 5 jack plane
A hand plane in use
Roman planes found in Germany, dating to the 1st to 3rd century AD
Hand planer