Woodworking Hand Planes

Infinity Tools stocks scrub planes, jack planes, jointer planes, smoothing planes, rabbet planes (standard and skewed), block planes, and specialty double-rabbet planes, across both wooden-body and metal-body styles.

A scrub plane is used to rapidly remove material from rough lumber, flatten a cupped or twisted board, and bring a workpiece down to approximate thickness before finer planes take over.

A jack plane is shorter and is used for initial smoothing and dimensioning after the scrub plane. A jointer plane is longer, which allows it to bridge low spots and produce a truly flat, straight surface across the full length of a board.

A rabbet plane cuts rabbets (stepped recesses along the edge of a board) for joinery such as frame-and-panel backs, drawer bottoms, and tenon shoulders. The blade extends to the full width of the plane sole for edge-to-edge cutting.

Most wooden hand planes benefit from a brief setup — flattening the sole, honing the blade, and setting the chip breaker — before first use. The Infinity Tools learning center covers hand plane setup in detail.

The skewed rabbet plane has its blade set at an angle to the direction of travel, which produces a slicing cut that reduces tearout on cross-grain cuts and difficult grain directions.

Yes. Infinity Tools offers curated sets in the hand plane packages collection, including bench plane sets and rabbet plane sets at bundled pricing.

The Clifton block plane excels at end-grain trimming, chamfering edges, fitting joints, and fine detail work where a larger bench plane would be unwieldy.

Flatten the back of the blade on a sharpening stone, then hone the bevel to a fine edge using progressively finer grits — typically 1000, 4000, and 8000 grit water stones or diamond plates. A leather strop removes the wire edge for a razor-sharp result.

Yes. All Infinity Tools products are backed by a quality guarantee. See the quality guarantee page or contact support with any concerns.