tonguing and grooving plane
Noun: A specialized woodworking hand plane designed with cutters to shape both the protruding tongue and the receiving groove along the edges of boards, specifically for creating tight-fitting joints, as in matchboarding or paneling.
This term refers to a specific tool used in carpentry and joinery. * The carpenter used a tonguing and grooving plane to prepare the edges of the pine boards for the wainscoting. * Before power routers were common, a tonguing and grooving plane was essential for making tongue-and-groove flooring.
The tool is often associated with traditional woodworking techniques. Its use implies creating a precise, interlocking joint by hand. * For authentic period restoration, the craftsman preferred the tonguing and grooving plane over modern electric tools.
- Match plane: An alternative, less common name for the same type of tool.
- Plane (n): The general category of hand tools for shaping wood.
- Tongue and groove (n): The name of the joint itself, which the plane is designed to create.
- Matchboard plane
- Combination plane (when referring to a plane that can be configured for this specific task among others)
- Tongue (n): The protruding, ridge-like part of the joint.
- Groove (n): The recessed, channel-like part of the joint that receives the tongue.
- Joinery (n): The craft of constructing joints in wood.
- a plane having cutters designed to make the tongues and grooves on the edges of matchboards