. Handbook for rangers & woodsmen . Jack plane. Block plane. Fig. lOG. provided for by means of a thumb lever immediately beforeand at the upper end of the handle. It may be set to cut deep orshallow by revolving a circular milled nut which raises or lowersit thi-ough the medium of a flanged tumbler located parallelwith the frame beneath the upper part of the blade. The costis $ or $ Block.—A block plane is especially adapted for cutting acrossthe grain of wood. The blade is raised or lowered by means ofa smaU horizontal screw wheel located immediately beneath thepalm piece. Its rim w
. Handbook for rangers & woodsmen . Jack plane. Block plane. Fig. lOG. provided for by means of a thumb lever immediately beforeand at the upper end of the handle. It may be set to cut deep orshallow by revolving a circular milled nut which raises or lowersit thi-ough the medium of a flanged tumbler located parallelwith the frame beneath the upper part of the blade. The costis $ or $ Block.—A block plane is especially adapted for cutting acrossthe grain of wood. The blade is raised or lowered by means ofa smaU horizontal screw wheel located immediately beneath thepalm piece. Its rim works in a Y-lever fitted at the forward endwith a vertical elbow joint the end of which fits into groovesin the lower side of the blade. To release the blade the screwbolt near its center must be loosened until the blade can be shdalong to where the hole at the end of the slot coincides with thebolt. This plane should have about a 6- or 7-inch frame andshould carry an inch or an inch-and-a-haK blade. The costvaries from seventy-f
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