A compass plane is equipped with a common bench-plane cutting tool, cap iron and lever cap, but the sole of the plane is made of a strip of flexible steel.

The plane may be fine-tuned by means of a large knurled nut which moves the sole to form a convex or concave curve.

The compass plane is ideally suited to trimming slow curves for example the edge of a circular desk where a spoke shave plane would actually follow all of the lumps and protrusions of the timber.

Before using the compass plane it’s always best to saw your wood roughly towards the shape you require then set the sole of the plane to the required curve.

Alternatively you could get an old section of board and sketch the intended curve onto it then set the sole of the plane to the exact curvature.

As you are working with the wood, you have to remember to reposition the work piece from time to time to be able to plane along the grain of the wood at all time.

Router Plane:

The router plane has been the preferred tool for levelling the bottoms of housings, this has now been replaced by the electric router.

Due to its cheapness the router plane can still be found in countless workshops all over the world and useful for creating small recesses for hinges or locks.

These type of planes tend to be screw adjustable to very fine tolerances.

Chisel-like cutters are largely used for levelling square sided channels having a pointed cutter for working the undercut sides of dovetail housing.

This sort of plane will help you level of through housing while using the cutter fitted in the forward position, whereas with the cutter placed to the rear of the clamp this allows you to work in reverse to the end of the stopped housing.

A small fence which is screwed to the sole guides a cutter in a set distance from a straight or curved edge. A depth guide fitted having a small flat shoe closes the open throat at the front end of the plane when used on a narrow edge.

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