A Rebate Plane also referred to and known as a Rabbet Plane is a type of woodworking plane used for trimming, squaring or forming rebates / rabbets. Most rebate plane models are designed for trimming or squaring work.
There are five main categories of rebate / rabbet planes:
With the exception of side rebate planes, all rebate planes have a
cutter which spans the full width of the plane with a corresponding
opening in the mouth's surrounding sides (cheeks). In fact the cutter
usually is about 1mm wider than the plane.
Originally the rabbet / rebate plane was made in the form of various
wooden rabbet planes, certainly from the early 1700's.
See the
Old Wooden Planes
section to see the different types of old wooden rabbet planes.
The rabbet / rebate plane then went on to be made in iron plane form,
mainly with the iron rebate planes echoing their wooden plane counterparts
in some form. The iron rebate planes went on to bring some evolutionary
adaptations with the main common one being the installation of blade
fine adjustment mechanisms.
A further observation on differences between wooden rebate planes and
metal rebate /rabbet planes is the wooden rebate / rabbet plane in
most cases had a skewed mouth whereas the iron rebate plane in nearly
all models had a square mouth.
The rebate / rabbet plane is still manufactured and widely used today
by cabinet makers, woodworkers, DIY'ers and hobbyists all around the
world.
Absolutely nothing, they are the same type of plane, 'Rebate' is just
another word for 'Rabbet'. The words are interchangeable.
'Rebate' is the word used particularly in the UK for rebates and rebate
planes.
'Rabbet' is the word used particularly in North America for rebates
/ rabbets and rebate planes / rabbet planes.
As these are the two main places where these types of planes were made I
would imagine the word used in different parts of the world will vary
depending on what planes and literature has been consumed in the past
and present and whether main stream educators have chosen to use the word
'Rebate' or 'Rabbet'.
Although I have always used the term 'Rebate Plane', I must admit
I thought 'Rabbet Plane' was the old original name for these
type of planes however I have noticed in a couple of old British
tool catalogues they are advertised as 'Rebate Planes' and in a couple
of old US tool catalogues they are advertised as 'Rabbet Planes'.
In terms of forming a rabbet / rebate, from my experience
the word 'Rebate' is mainly used (I am in the UK, your experience
may differ).
There are many types of rabbet / rebate planes. A shoulder plane is a type
of rebate plane.
A shoulder plane has a low-angle blade and is suited to tasks such as fine
trimming work, in particular suited to trimming the faces and the 'shoulders'
of a tenon, hence the name "Shoulder Plane".
See 'What Is A Shoulder Plane? for more info.
A plough plane / plow plane is used for forming grooves whereas a rebate plane / rabbet plane is used for trimming work or forming rebates, potentially the trimming work could include trimming the edge of groove.
A rebate plane / rabbet plane is for trimming rebate edges or forming rebates. There are five main categories of rebate planes with each type specialised slightly differently. See the different types of rebate planes above for more info.
A 'Rebate' plane is also referred to as a 'Rabbet' plane. Both rebate and rabbet are interchanged with both words having the same meaning. There are five main categories of rebate plane, see above for more info.
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