Router plane

Veritas router plane

Router plane

A router plane is a plane used for smoothing out sunken panels, and more generally for all depressions below the general surface of the pattern.

It planes the bottoms of recesses to a uniform depth and can work into corners that otherwise can only be reached with a chisel.

Nowadays, it is largely supplanted by the electrical router and shaper, but retains limited application.

References

Woodworker's Guide to Handplanes Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing (November 1, 2010) Language: English ISBN 1565234537 ISBN 978-1565234536