Jack Plane
Description
A jack plane is a general-purpose plane, used for general smoothing of the edges, sizing of timber but only making it smaller to correct size – wood edge jointing. Jack planes are about 12–15 inches long, and the blade can have either a slightly curved edge for smoothing stock, or a straight edge for jointing stock. In preparing stock, the jack plane is used before the try plane and smoothing plane. The name is related to the saying "jack of all trades" as jack planes can be made to perform some of the work of both smoothing and jointer planes, especially on smaller pieces of work.
This particular example has one of the characteristics of a 'technical' jack plane, having a closed rather than open handle. A small dark wood botton is attached to the front upper surface.
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Object Detail
Width: 557mm
Depth: 85mm (3 3/8")