jack plane

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

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

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

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

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