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jack plane
noun
Carpentry.
- a plane for rough surfacing.
jack plane
noun
- a carpenter's plane, usually with a wooden body, used for rough planing of timber
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of jack plane1
First recorded in 1805–15
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The blade of a jack plane is most efficient when it is ground well away towards the corners, as at a b in Fig.
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The jack plane, used first by the carpenter for rapid surfacing, is distinguished primarily by the bezeled and slightly convex edge of its cutting iron.
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Pullman was a carpenter who worked with a jack plane, and a saw, and things.
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As the jack plane has its bit ground with a curved edge, it is admirably adapted for taking off the rough saw print surface.
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Again, the carpenter invents and patents an improvement in jack planes.
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