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The Japanese plane or is a plane
Plane(s) most often refers to:
* Aero- or airplane, a powered, fixed-wing aircraft
* Plane (geometry), a flat, 2-dimensional surface
Plane or planes may also refer to:
Biology
* Plane (tree) or ''Platanus'', wetland native plant
* ''Planes' ...
pulled towards the user rather than pushed in the manner of western style planes. They are made of hardwood, usually Japanese white or red oak. The laminated steel and iron blade is stout compared to western planes. Tapered in length and thickness, the plane blade is its own wedge, as it fits into a correspondingly-shaped mortice in the body of the plane, thus dispensing the need for a separate wedge to hold the blade in place, as is the case in most other traditional wooden planes. The chip breaker is held in place with a simple nail inserted some distance away from and perpendicular to the axis of the main blade. The chip breaker is not tapered like the main blade; instead, it has bent "ears" that bear down on the plane blade. Chip breakers in Japan were introduced relatively recently, during the Meiji period. The soles of Japanese planes also have different configurations for varying applications. The apparently simple design disguises a great deal of complexity.in Wood Workers Institute
Types
* is the usual type of flat plane used for smoothing wood. There are several types, depending on the level of finish. ** is used for the first planing. ** . ** . ** is used for finishing work. * is a shoulder plane. The blade is angled and inserted into the centre of the plane block at an angle. * is a groove plane used for cutting ''kamoi'' and ''shikii'' (seefusuma
In Japanese architecture, are vertical rectangular panels which can slide from side to side to redefine spaces within a room, or act as doors. They typically measure about wide by tall, the same size as a ''tatami'' mat, and are thick. The ...
).
* is a plane with a convex base used for scooping out curved surfaces.
* is used to plane the surface of other planes. Its blade is held at 90 degrees to its base.
* is a spear-like plane, the original plane used in the most ancient buildings. Its use has been revived in Japanese temple carpentry.
* is a spokeshave
A spokeshave is a hand tool used to shape and smooth woods in woodworking jobs such as making cart wheel spokes, chair legs, paddles, bows, and arrows. The tool consists of a blade fixed into the body of the tool, which has a handle for each ha ...
with two handles.
* is a push style kanna. These planes existed historically in Japan.
The name changes from ''kanna'' to ''ganna'' are due to rendaku
is a phenomenon in Japanese morphophonology that governs the voicing of the initial consonant of a non-initial portion of a compound or prefixed word. In modern Japanese, ''rendaku'' is common but at times unpredictable, with certain words un ...
.
See also
*Japanese carpentry
Japanese carpentry was developed more than a millennium ago through Chinese architectural influences from the 12th century. It is a form of ancient Chinese wooden architecture and woodworking joints that involves building wooden furniture wit ...
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