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Bench planes

Unit 113: Maintain and use carpentry and joinery hand tools

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AimIntroduce learners to bench planes.

Objectives

• Identify at least two bench planes.

• List at least three parts of a bench plane.

• State the purpose of at least one bench plane.

• Explain why bench plane bodies are different lengths.

• Select at least one bench plane for a given scenario.

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Parts of a bench plane

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Types of bench planesWhen removing timber, one of the best hand tools to carry out this task is a bench plane.

Bench planes are named in accordance with their length. From longest to shortest they are:

• try plane

• jack plane

• smoothing plane.

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Try planes• The longest bench plane, ranging from 450mm to 600mm.

• Sometimes called jointer, try or trying plane.

• Generally used for smoothing long edges of timber.

• The length helps to make the surface as level as possible.

• Typical blade width is 60mm.

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Planing long timber straight

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Jack planes• Medium-length bench plane, generally 350mm to 380mm.

• Similar blade width to the smoothing plane.

• Used for rapid and accurate removal of waste material such as dressing doors for hanging.

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Flushing shoulders of assembled doors

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Smoothing planes• The shortest of the bench planes.

• Used for removing pencil and machine marks along with final finishing or cleaning up.

• Also used for bevelling and chamfering to leave a smooth finish.

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