Router plane

A router plane is a plane used for smoothing out sunken panels, and more generally for all depressions below the general surface of the pattern.

Veritas router plane

Router plane

It planes the bottoms of recesses to a uniform depth and can work into corners that otherwise can only be reached with a chisel.

Nowadays, it is largely supplanted by the electrical router and shaper, but retains limited application.

References

Woodworker's Guide to Handplanes Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing (November 1, 2010) Language: English ISBN 1565234537 ISBN 978-1565234536