The Planes ClipArt gallery includes 20 examples of hand tools used to create smooth surfaces on rough pieces of lumber. Planes have a sharp cutting edge that shaves off the high spots of the wood resulting in a flat surface.

"A tool adapted for molding and rabbeting, used in panel-work by coach- and pattern-makers."-Whitney, 1902

Adz-plane

"A tool adapted for molding and rabbeting, used in panel-work by coach- and pattern-makers."-Whitney,…

With the plane, one can make rough wood true, smooth and beautiful. The name plane, perhaps, comes from the work it does, for it is used to smooth or reduce wood to a true plane.

Circular Plane

With the plane, one can make rough wood true, smooth and beautiful. The name plane, perhaps, comes from…

With the plane, one can make rough wood true, smooth and beautiful. The name plane, perhaps, comes from the work it does, for it is used to smooth or reduce wood to a true plane.

Core Box Plane

With the plane, one can make rough wood true, smooth and beautiful. The name plane, perhaps, comes from…

"Planes are to be met with in great variety, the most usual for ordinary carpentry being the jack plane." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Jack Plane

"Planes are to be met with in great variety, the most usual for ordinary carpentry being the jack plane."…

"The moulding plane." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Moulding Plane

"The moulding plane." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood.

Plane

A tool for smoothing boards or other surfaces of wood.

A carpenter's tool used for paring, smoothing, trunig, and finishing woodwork.

Plane

A carpenter's tool used for paring, smoothing, trunig, and finishing woodwork.

A carpenter's tool used for paring, smoothing, trunig, and finishing woodwork.

Plane

A carpenter's tool used for paring, smoothing, trunig, and finishing woodwork.

A carpenter's tool used for paring, smoothing, trunig, and finishing woodwork.

Plane

A carpenter's tool used for paring, smoothing, trunig, and finishing woodwork.

A carpenter's tool used for paring, smoothing, trunig, and finishing woodwork.

Plane

A carpenter's tool used for paring, smoothing, trunig, and finishing woodwork.

A carpenter's tool used for paring, smoothing, trunig, and finishing woodwork.

Plane

A carpenter's tool used for paring, smoothing, trunig, and finishing woodwork.

A carpenter's tool used for paring, smoothing, trunig, and finishing woodwork.

Plane

A carpenter's tool used for paring, smoothing, trunig, and finishing woodwork.

A carpenter's tool used for paring, smoothing, trunig, and finishing woodwork.

Plane

A carpenter's tool used for paring, smoothing, trunig, and finishing woodwork.

A carpenter's tool used for paring, smoothing, trunig, and finishing woodwork.

Plane

A carpenter's tool used for paring, smoothing, trunig, and finishing woodwork.

A carpenter's tool used for paring, smoothing, trunig, and finishing woodwork.

Plane

A carpenter's tool used for paring, smoothing, trunig, and finishing woodwork.

A plane is a tool for shaping wood. Planes are used to flatten, reduce the thickness of, and impart a smooth surface to a rough piece of lumber or timber. Planing is used to produce horizontal, vertical, or inclined flat surfaces on workpieces usually too large for shaping. Special types of planes are designed to cut joints or decorative mouldings.

Plane Tool

A plane is a tool for shaping wood. Planes are used to flatten, reduce the thickness of, and impart…

A plane for plowing a groove along the edge of a board.

Square Rabbet Plane

A plane for plowing a groove along the edge of a board.

With the plane, one can make rough wood true, smooth and beautiful. The name plane, perhaps, comes from the work it does, for it is used to smooth or reduce wood to a true plane.

Side Plane

With the plane, one can make rough wood true, smooth and beautiful. The name plane, perhaps, comes from…

"The smoothing plane." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

Smoothing Plane

"The smoothing plane." — Encyclopedia Britannica, 1893

The desire to reproduce in wood these old stone ornaments led to the invention of a great number of plane bits, and the use of these bits naturally inspired tool makers to devise a plane in which many different bits could be employed. This one will plane wood into fifty-two different forms by simply changing the bits.

Universal Plane

The desire to reproduce in wood these old stone ornaments led to the invention of a great number of…