Chamfer plane
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In woodworking
, a chamfer plane is a specialised plane
used for making bevelled edges - that is, chamfer
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Woodworking
Woodworking is the process of building, making or carving something using wood.-History:Along with stone, mud, and animal parts, wood was one of the first materials worked by early humans. Microwear analysis of the Mousterian stone tools used by the Neanderthals show that many were used to work wood...
, a chamfer plane is a specialised plane
Plane (tool)
A hand plane is a tool for shaping wood. When powered by electricity, the tool may be called a planer. Planes are used to flatten, reduce the thickness of, and impart a smooth surface to a rough piece of lumber or timber. Planing is used to produce horizontal, vertical, or inclined flat surfaces on...
used for making bevelled edges - that is, chamfer
Chamfer
A chamfer is a beveled edge connecting two surfaces. If the surfaces are at right angles, the chamfer will typically be symmetrical at 45 degrees. A fillet is the rounding off of an interior corner. A rounding of an exterior corner is called a "round" or a "radius"."Chamfer" is a term commonly...
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Further reading
- http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu:8080/~cswingle/woodworking/jigs.phtml
- http://www.frontier.iarc.uaf.edu/~cswingle/woodworking/images/chamfer_plane.pdf