jack plane

How to use jack plane in a sentence

• Th' likes iv ye wud want to see th' tariff rejooced with a jack plane or an ice pick.

  Mr. Dooley Says | Finley Dunne

• The probate judge of Madison was a common jack-plane carpenter from Oregon, and his sheriff could not write.

  Civil War and Reconstruction in Alabama | Walter L. Fleming

• It was about nine o'clock in the forenoon, when I was busily employed with the jack-plane on one of the sweeps.

  Twelve Years a Slave | Solomon Northup

• This applies particularly to the jack plane, but is bad practice with the others as well.

  Carpentry for Boys | J. S. Zerbe

• In a smooth-plane 1⁄32 inch is enough, in a jack-plane ⅛ inch is often desirable.

  Handwork in Wood | William Noyes