Grooving plane

Plane used to make tongues and grooves

Plane used to make tongues and grooves

Tongues and grooves

The Stanley 55 combination plane can act as a plow plane.

A grooving plane, plow plane, or plough plane is a plane to make grooves and (with some of the metal versions) some of them make small rabbets. They are traditionally used for drawer bottoms or rear walls.

References

John A. Moody (Author) American Cabinetmaker's Plane, Its Design and Development: 1700-1900 Hardcover: 248 pages Publisher: Tool Box (December 1981) Language: English ISBN 0960654801 ISBN 978-0960654802

Wooden Plow Planes: A Celebration of the Planemakers' Art by Donald Rosebrook, Dennis Fisher (Illustrator) ISBN 9781931626118 Publisher: Astragal Press Publication date: 6/1/2003 Pages: 322 Product dimensions: 8.80 (w) x 11.20 (h) x 0.80 (d)

Planes

Bedrock plane Block plane Chamfer plane Compass plane Finger plane Grooving plane Jack plane Japanese plane Jointer plane Moulding plane Razee plane Rebate plane Router plane Scrub plane Shoulder plane Smoothing plane Spokeshave Surform

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