bench plane
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bench plane
[′bench ‚plān] (design engineering)
A plane used primarily in benchwork on flat surfaces, such as a block plane or jack plane.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
bench plane
A
plane, 1 used primarily in benchwork on flat surfaces, as a block plane or jack plane.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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There are three broad groups of planes: bench planes, block planes and specialty planes.
* Bench planes are adjustable; the best have lateral, as well as fore and aft cutter adjustment and a movable frog to vary the mouth opening.
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