A shorter course in woodworking; a practical manual for home and school (1911)
Wheeler, Charles G. (Charles Gardner), 1855-1946 · New York, London, G.P. Putnam's sons · leaf 63
A wooden smoothing-plane canbe held as shown in Fig. 120. 30. The Block-plane is chieflyfor planing across the ends of pieces (for planing end-grain). ^S- 107 It has a single iron set at a more acute angle with the face than inthe other planes and with the bevel upward. The width of the mouthis… … it is convenient for trimming pieces which cannot well be held in thevise. Modern machinery and trimmers have greatly lessened thevalue of the block-plane. Many prefer the smoothing-plane. To plane across endgrain, work from bothedges (Fig. 121), to pre-vent either edge chippingoff. Press down on…
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