A toothing plane is a woodwork plane
fitted with a special toothing plane blade for scratching the surface
of a workpiece, one purpose of which is to form a surface which gives
a better bond when it is glued with another surface. The reason being
the glue is bedded into the grooves with the theory being it creates
a stronger grip.
The toothing plane is a versatile tool which can be used on really
tough grain, with the grain, against the grain and across the grain.
On top of being useful for bonding preparation, the toothing plane
is also useful for smoothing work on highly figured woods with the
toothing plane used in different directions and then a scraper used
to finish.
Technically a toothing plane can be any plane which has a toothing
cutter however there is a historical plane which is dedicated in shape
and function for specifically being suited to the job, it is this plane
which is the Toothing Plane;
see the Wooden Toothing Plane Review for more info.
History shows the traditional wooden toothing plane was a popular and
useful plane, this is seen by the number which still surface today.
It seems a little surprising that the traditional toothing plane design
isn't a tool which is really made today in some form given the increased
resurgence of the production and use of traditional tools. This may
be because tool companies are selling toothed blades to go in bench
planes, it may also be because there is still a fairly abundant amount
of old toothing planes floating around.
A good example of a toothing plane's use is it is particualry useful
when bonding veneer.
Traditionally the toothing plane was used to work the workpiece and
the back of the veneer.
A toothing plane is also very useful in helping prepare highly difficult
grains where other planes might fail.
See the Toothing Plane Videos page
for more info and to see the toothing plane in action.
The toothing plane or toothing plane cutter works by cutting / scratching
grooves into the surface.
The scratched grooves are formed using a special toothing plane cutter
which is a plane blade with a serrated cutting edge.
When looking at the toothing plane blade, the blade has a series of
fine 'V' shaped grooves running partially up the blade from the cutting
edge on one side.
In use, the cutter planes anything from a powdery dust to a series
of fine stringy shavings depending on what is being worked.
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