Reply by Don W

9961 posts in 738 days

#1 posted 164 days ago

When you say ” jack plane for smoothing” you mean a “jack plane for leveling”? A jack plane is meant for faster stock removal and will have a cambered blade.

a bit of an explanation is here https://timetestedtools.wordpress.com/2012/05/02/what-planes-do-i-need/

-- There is nothing like the sound of a well tuned hand plane. - http://timetestedtools.wordpress.com (timetestedtools at hotmail dot c0m)

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