Introduction of carpentry tools

Plane [kanna]

Sir

3 Plane

1.A rough plane

Oh, I'm shy

It is used to cut the bottom of a long groove with a wide width, such as a Kamoi or a sill. The width of the upper end of the table is wider and sturdy than the normal bottom plane, but it is easy to grip due to lack of steps. The blade width is usually 5 minutes, 6 minutes, and 7 minutes.

2.Bottom plane

I don't know.

It is used to finish the bottom of the groove, such as the Kamoi and the threshold. The blade width is about 3 minutes to 1 inch, but it is often 5 to 7 minutes. Depending on the shape of blades and tables, they are classified into West, East, comb, and Osaka (Fig. 1). The blade of a fixed plane is generally shaped like a chisel blade. The blade is prepared in a rectangular table with a cross section, and the west type is prepared in one or both sides of the lower end is east type, and the upper end side is gently curved like a comb shape. What is prepared on a table is called a comb type. The Osaka type refers to a normal plane blade similar to a flat plane and a narrow blade with a narrow width, and a stand with a lack of steps on both sides of the lower end. The Osaka-type table has a hole on the table so that plane scraps come out from above, but the other bottom planes have a structure in which plane scraps come out from the side of the table. (Refer to the photo) In the East and Osaka models, the lack of steps on the table becomes the Ruler, which determines the depth of the ditch. The comb type is mainly used for small work. Some blades of the fixed plane have the blade tip diagonally so that the plane scrap can easily be spiralized (streak blade).

Figure 1 bottom plane

From the left, rough plane, bottom plane (comb type), bottom plane (west type), bottom plane (Osaka)

3.Base city plane

I'm not sure.

For rough determination of the bottom of the groove, such as Kamoi and sill. It has a shape with Ruler on the side of the Osaka-style bottom. By adjusting the Ruler, the position of digging the groove is determined. The blade width is usually 5 minutes, 6 minutes, and 7 minutes.

4.Mechanical decision plane, small hole collision

A thin groove is used for Shaving. There is a Ruler that can be adjusted with screws on a stand with the necessary groove width path (the lower end part that protrudes the same as the width of the plane blade to cut the part that becomes the groove), and the structure looks somewhat mechanical. Adjusting the Ruler determines the position of the groove. The width of the blade is generally between 5 and 5 minutes. Until a mechanical one was made, it was called a small hole.

5.Davo's plane

I don't think I'm going to do it.

It has almost the same structure as the mechanical fly plane, but there is no road part, and the tip of the wesbi inserted from the top of the table comes out like a dabo near the blade entrance and substitutes it. Since there is no road behind the plane blade, small holes that have been stopped (end on the way) can be cut down (Fig. 2). The blade width is usually 1 to 3 minutes.

From the left, the base city fixed plane, the machine fixed plane, the small hole protrusion (back), the Davo fixed plane (back)

6.Plane

The lower end of the table is missing as much as the blade width. This lack of steps is made into Ruler to cut the missing parts (Fig. 3). Some of them have Ruler, which is adjusted with screws, just like a machine plane. By adjusting the Ruler, the blade width is determined, and the depth of phases is determined.

Figure 3 Phase Plane

From the left, a plane, a plane (with a ruler)

7.Ant's plane

Use the ant-shaped part for Shaving. There is a convex part (for male trees) where the lower end of the table is diagonally separated by the width of the blade, and a Shaving (for female tree) with the bottom of the table and the other lower end diagonally diagonally (for female trees). For male trees, there is a screw-type Ruler that can adjust the width of the blade, or the depth of the ant pattern. A married couple ant deciding plane for male and female trees has also been devised.

Figure 4:

From the left, an ant fixed plane, an ant fixed plane (with a ruler)

8.Kumite plane

Don't worry about it.

It is used to make kumite of shoji door and sliding doors. A large number of kumikos can be correctly aligned, tightened with a wire, and the necessary parts can be cut off sideways at the same time (Fig. 5). The blade width is usually 1 to 3 minutes.

Figure 5 Set Plane

9.Window frame fixed plane

The structure is very similar to the Osaka-type bottom plane, but the width is wide and the lack of steps is deep. It is used to cut the sliding groove of the door in the window frame of the upper and lower windows used for Western-style architecture.

From the left, Kumite plane, window frame fixed plane (back)

  • *The contents of this page are excerpts from the explanation of "Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum Collection Item No. 4-Plane Hen".
  • *The names used in the museum are mainly based on the names of tools used in the Kansai region. The name of the tool may be different depending on the region or researcher.