Types of hand planes presentation

1. • Bench planes
• Block plane
• Rebate plane
• Spoke shaver
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2. Bench planes
• Straighten, smooth and
remove.
• Bevel down
• Fixed blade angle (Pitch) at
45˚, in plane.
• Range in size from No. 1
(140mm) through to the
No. 8 (610mm).

3. Smoothing planes (No.4)
• Trimming surfaces and
plaining joints.
• Easy to control.
• Small, light weight.
• Harder to do joining
270mm

4. Jack planes (No. 5)
• General purpose plane.
• Wider and longer than No. 4
• Not as specialised.
• 381mm wide

5. Jointer planes (No. 6 & 7)
• Flattening to prepare for joining
larger surfaces.
• Heavier
• 457mm - longer straights

6. Block planes
• End-grain planning
and small tidying
jobs.
• Bevel up plane.
• Small (Fits into one
hand).

7. Rebate planes
• Rebate edge of workpiece
• Blade wider than body
• Fence
• Difficult to master

8. Spoke shaves
• Shaving curved
forms.
• Convex sole makes
concave shape.
• Flat sole make
convex curves.

9. Bench plane