Smoothing plane
The smoothing plane is a hand plane for machining workpieces made of wood. It is used to finally clean and clean the surfaces of workpieces.
construction
As with most planes, the plane body of the simple smoothing plane is made of red beech with a plane sole made of hornbeam , but it is shorter at 220 millimeters (DIN 7220). The plane iron is provided with a flap for additional chip breaking and is at a cutting angle of 48 to 50 degrees steeper than other planes. This reduces tearing of the wood and creates a cleaner surface.
With its adjustable jaws, the reform plaster plane can be adapted to the workpiece to be processed and the desired surface quality. In addition, the adjustment of the plane iron is made easier by tensioning and adjusting screws. As a better execution of the cleaning plane, the plane body is often made of pear tree , the sole of the harder pockwood .
use
The smoothing plane is used almost exclusively to create clean surfaces on solid wood and veneered workpieces, often there is little or no need to rework by sanding. With the smoothing plane, there is no longer any change in shape or size on the workpiece.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Wolfgang Nutsch and others: Expertise for carpenters 12th edition, Europa-Lehrmittel, Wuppertal 1980, ISBN 3-8085-4011-7 , page 241.
- ^ North German Carpenter Guild Association (ed.), Alfred Georgi: Book of the carpenter. Deutscher Handwerksverlag, Hanover 1929, page 50.