Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A plane the iron of which is set very obliquely to the direction in which it is moved, so that it can plane across the grain of the wood.
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Examples
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The names of the parts of the Bailey block-plane are [6]:
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The block-plane was devised for use with one hand, as when it is used by carpenters in planing pieces not readily taken to a vise or in planing with a bench-hook.
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The piece to be planed with the block-plane may be held either in the vise, end up, or on a bench-hook, Fig. 109.
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This can be regulated by adjusting the toe in the block-plane, and by moving the frog in the jack - and smooth-planes.
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Since the block-plane is intended chiefly for use on end grain, no cap is needed to break the shavings.
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Considerable practice is necessary to handle the block-plane well.
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Where both hands are free to hold the plane, the block-plane has no advantage over a smooth-plane, even on end grain.
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The _block-plane_, Fig. 108, gets its name from the fact that it was first made for planing off the ends of clap-boards, a process called
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The block-plane, held in the right hand, is placed on its side on the bench facing toward the work.
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