# Side Rabbet Plane Hewn Tool Library · https://hewn.build/tools/side-rabbet-plane Corrected: An independent reviewer read this entry and found corrections. They have been applied to the text, and the reviewer re-checked the correction that mattered most for safety and found it done; the others have not been re-checked yet. The list at the end is the record of what changed. Cite as: "Side Rabbet Plane." Hewn Tool Library, hewn.build/tools/side-rabbet-plane. Reviewed 2026-08-01. --- ## identity - **name:** **Side Rabbet Plane** — commonly known by the Stanley catalogue identities **No. 79** (one body, two opposed cutters) and the handed pair **No. 98 / No. 99** [R23][R26]. Related to the **[[Rabbet Plane]]** and **[[Plow Plane]]**, which normally establish the recess, and to the **Router Plane**, which corrects a recess's floor rather than its walls. - **family / category:** Planing tools → joinery-fitting planes for **side walls**: a narrow body with skewed cutters and no chipbreaker, designed to make small corrections to exposed side walls of existing rabbets, dadoes and grooves [R11][R27]. - **one-line:** **Designed for widening and truing an already established sidewall; use a plow, dado or rabbet plane, a saw/router setup, or another suitable tool to establish the recess** [R11][R27]. - **not the same job:** a router plane corrects the floor; a side rabbet plane corrects a wall; a standard rabbet or plow plane normally establishes the recess [R11][R17]. --- ## ✦ how NOT to use it - **not-for:** establishing the recess (rabbet or plow plane, or machine); truing a recess floor (router plane); interior-corner glue cleanup [R21]. - **dangerous (misuse that injures the user).** *No tool-specific injury narrative was located; that is a research result, not proof of harmlessness.* The **Veritas manual states: "Caution: Be aware that the blade is sharp; careless handling can result in serious injury,"** and the tool requires handling, setting, removing, docking and sharpening two small skewed blades [R27]. Controls, from the manual, the maker's page and CCOHS sharp-edge guidance [R11][R27][R30]: - **unsecured work** — secure the work so the plane can be controlled with both hands as the model intends; keep the body out of the slip path [R30]. - **fingers on exposed edges** — keep fingers away from the cutting edges during setup and use; handle and adjust the blades carefully [R27]. - **adjusting under full clamp release** — loosen the cap only enough to move the blade under residual spring pressure, as the Veritas manual specifies [R27]. - **an untested setting** — set a light cut (about 0.005 in. on the Veritas) and test on scrap before touching the project [R27]. - **a protruding blade tip** — dock the Veritas tip flush after sharpening; a fragile point can break [R27]. - **forcing** — take a light cut rather than more force [R27][R30]. - **a slipping clamp** — never use pliers to compensate for a defective or slipping clamp; remove the tool from service and diagnose the fit [R20]. - **grinding and sharpening** — wear eye protection for grinding/sharpening and control abrasive dust according to the process. - **storage** — retract or guard the cutting edges for storage, as Lee Valley's page directs [R11]. - **damaging (misuse that ruins the tool or the work):** - **pliers on a slipping blade or depth-stop clamp** — mwenz: "Anyone who needs to use pliers to keep the blade or depth stop tight has a defective plane. Unless one is using them improperly" [R20, forum MEDIUM]. - **overtightening the clamp thumbscrew** may crack the body — attributed to Patrick Leach via a search snippet of a page not directly read [R24, LOW–MEDIUM]. - **a heavy cut or over-projected blade** degrades the cut — keep the maker's light setting (about 0.005 in. on the Veritas) [R27]. *(The earlier causal claim that tearing happens "since the tool has no chip-breaker" came from a search snippet and is removed.)* - **an undocked blade tip** on the Veritas degrades wall accuracy and risks a broken tip [R27]. - **the trailing cutter left engaged** on two-cutter bodies drags over the wood and can dull the edge [R23][R10]. - **beginner-trap:** - **skipping blade preparation** — on the Veritas, not docking the tip after sharpening; on other models, the tip digging in and choking the cut, diagnosed in furndr's thread as also involving not holding the plane vertical (model-dependent) [R27][R19]. - **forgetting to reset the depth stop** when direction flips on single-body dual-blade designs [R21]. - **owning only one of a handed pair** — "It is quite often that when one is needed, both are needed" [R17]. - **buying for a poorly matched job** — the glue-cleanup case [R21]. - **misuse by analogy to related tools:** - expecting it to establish a fresh recess like a rabbet or plow plane — it is designed for an existing wall; reserve "cannot" for geometry a specific maker documents [R11][R27]. - expecting it to true a recess floor like a router plane — it has no floor-referencing mechanism; no source narrates this mistake, so it is held as a reasoned risk [R17]. --- ## correct use *Brief — the side rabbet plane trims a fine shaving from the side wall of an already established recess; it is a fitting tool [R11][R27].* - **good at:** fine-tuning a tight dado, groove or rabbet so a shelf, panel or drawer bottom fits; truing a slightly rough or out-of-true wall left by a router or saw; with an angled fence, forming a sliding-dovetail housing (HNT Gordon's fence; Cohen's shop version) [R10][R11][R13]. - **Veritas setup, from the maker's manual** [R27]: - set the blade **bevel-up** for a light cut of **about 0.005 in.**; - **dock (grind) each blade tip flush with the plane's edge, and repeat after every sharpening** — docking also makes the tip more resistant to breaking; do not leave a fragile point protruding; - to adjust, loosen the cap only enough to move the blade under residual spring pressure; - set the depth stop per the manual; test projection on scrap after sharpening [R11][R27]. - **all models:** identify which wall and direction the job needs first [R17][R23]; back off the trailing cutter on two-cutter bodies [R23][R10]; hold the plane vertical against the wall [R19]; take light shavings and test-fit often [R27]. Other designs: follow their maker's instructions; corner treatment of the blade tip is **model-dependent** [R19][R27]. --- ## ✦ matching *The workbench's first read.* - **does:** makes small corrections to exposed side walls of existing rabbets, dadoes and grooves so mating parts fit [R11][R27]; with a dovetail fence, forms a sliding-dovetail housing [R10][R13]. - **best fit:** drawer-bottom grooves, shelf dados, case-back rabbets, and machine- or hand-cut recesses that are slightly narrow or whose wall needs local truing [R10][R11][R17]. Lee Valley: a side rabbet plane "helps you make the 'saves' we all have to make once in a while" [R11]. - **kit-fit:** - **pairs with:** a plow, dado or rabbet plane, or a machine setup, to establish the recess [R18]; a router plane when the floor needs depth correction [R17]; marking and test-fit methods; suitable workholding. - **alternatives:** pare with a chisel; scrape a reachable wall; recut by machine where safe and controlled; or fit the mating panel if that better preserves the joint layout — Cohen finds the plane "more precise than a chisel when tuning (widening) a dado to fit a panel," while Engel prefers planing the panel edge [R10][R17]. - **not the same job:** a router plane corrects a floor [R17]; a rabbet or plow plane establishes the recess. - **not-for (project-keyed):** establishing a new dado, groove or rabbet — use a tool designed for that; truing a recess floor to depth (router plane); cleaning glue squeeze-out from an interior corner — a chisel, scraper or convertible shoulder plane was recommended instead [R21]. - **access:** a specialist, intermittent-use tool ("rarely used, glad to have it") [R17]. Setup and blade preparation — docking the tip, backing off the trailing cutter, setting a light cut — matter more than general skill [R27][R23]. Single-body dual-blade designs require resetting the depth stop when cutting direction flips [R21]. - **revival:** the dovetail-fence adaptation (commercial at HNT Gordon, shop-made by Cohen and Gaudio) is the clearest reason makers pick it up on purpose [R10][R13]; otherwise it is the tool for the "test-fit is a hair tight" moment. --- ## anatomy - **body/sole** — narrow runners or skates rather than a bench-plane sole [R23]. On the Stanley No. 98/99, the toe portion is reversible/removable via a small screw for bullnose work in stopped recesses — the configuration the 1895 patent describes [R23][R28]. On the current Veritas the toe is removable for stopped work; the maker gives capacity for slots as narrow as 3/16 in. and as deep as 1/2 in. [R11][R27]. - **cutters** — skewed across the body and held by a clamp (J-shaped with a thumbscrew on the Stanley pattern; a longitudinal clamp in the 1895 patent) [R23][R28]. Cohen's comparison gives 30° skew and 25° bevel across Veritas, Stanley No. 79 and Lie-Nielsen 98/99 [R10]. On two-cutter bodies, the trailing (non-cutting) cutter must be backed off fully so it does not drag [R23][R10]. Veritas blades are set bevel-up [R27]. - **no chipbreaker** — a light, fine-shaving tool by design [R23]. - **depth stop** — on the Stanley line from about 1930, thumbscrew into a V-groove; reversible on current designs [R23][R11]. Practitioners use it as tactile feedback for keeping the plane vertical [R17]. - **handedness** — Stanley No. 79 uses two opposed cutters in one body; No. 98/99 are mirror-image bodies; the Veritas has a pivoting, spring-loaded handle; HNT Gordon sells a right/left pair [R11][R13][R23]. - **model-selection fields:** one handed plane, a pair, or a dual-blade body; open versus stopped work; slot width and depth; grain direction; depth stop present or not; whether a dovetail fence is needed. --- ## variations (living) *Prices are volatile and locale-dependent; observations dated. The reviewer's 2026-08-01 check found the Canadian Lee Valley page at CAD 179 with different regional values elsewhere, and inconsistent regular/sale rendering at Woodcraft.* - **Veritas / Lee Valley Side Rabbet Plane** — current production, made in Canada; dual blades (O1, optional PM-V11), pivoting handle, reversible depth stop, removable toe; US$165.00 observed 2026-07-25, CAD 179 on the Canadian page 2026-08-01 [R11]. - **WoodRiver Side Rabbet Plane (Woodcraft)** — current; Woodcraft's copy states a Record 2506S lineage; removable nose, reversible depth stop; US$105.99 observed 2026-07-25 [R9]. - **HNT Gordon & Co. side rebate pair** (Australia) — handed wooden (gidgee) pair, 50° pitch, brass-boxed sole, optional dovetail fence; A$558 per plane / A$966–1,116 per pair observed 2026-07-25 [R13]. - **Lie-Nielsen No. 98 & 99 (bronze pair)** — described by secondary dealers as long discontinued [R14, MEDIUM]. - **Peck Tool "#79 Side Rabbet Plane"** — **a current retailer listing of unstated maker and origin**, US$88.50 observed 2026-07-25 [R15]. - **Vintage Stanley No. 79 / 98 / 99, Record 2506 / 2506S, Preston 1369** — collector market [R14]. **Retail note (search synthesis, not a confirmed negative):** Rockler's and Highland Woodworking's hand-plane listings, checked via search results on 2026-07-25, showed no side rabbet plane [R25]. --- ## trades - **woodworking / cabinetmaking** — drawer-bottom grooves, shelf dados, case-back rabbets, sliding-dovetail housings [R10][R11][R17]. - No source located placing it in timber framing or non-woodworking trades. --- ## lineage - **patent record (primary).** **US 533,329, "Rabbet-Plane," Justus A. Traut**, filed October 8, 1894, granted January 29, 1895, assigned to The Stanley Rule & Level Co. [R1][R28]. Its specification describes an **ordinary side-rabbet plane**, a **bullnose side-rabbet configuration**, a **reversible auxiliary duplex runner/toe** that converts between them **without adding or removing parts**, and a **longitudinal cutter clamp** to hold the cutter securely [R28]. A collector reference associates the January 29, 1895 patent with the Stanley No. 98 form, its handedness and its removable/reversible nose [R26]. *(An earlier version gave the title as "Side Rabbet Plane" and said the claim text could not be obtained; the full transcription is available and the formal title is "Rabbet-Plane.")* - **contemporaneous Traut rabbet-plane work (context, not ancestry).** US 308,332, "Rabbet-Plane" (Traut, 1884), concerns a reversible gauge/fence rod on a rabbet plane for working near obstructions — "thereby enabling the gage and plane to be used in corners and cramped places" [R4]. US 555,228, "Spokeshave and Rabbet-Plane" (Traut, filed 1895, granted 1896), shows further rabbet-plane variants [R5]. Both are **contemporaneous context within Traut's broad rabbet-plane work**; no catalogue, patent or design analysis located supplies a specific feature path from either into the side rabbet plane, so neither is called an ancestor or descendant. The 1895 patent itself supplies the relevant removable/reversible-toe and cutter-clamp evidence [R28]. - **two design arrangements:** - **Stanley.** A matched handed pair, the No. 98 (right-hand) and No. 99 (left-hand), first offered 1896 and made to 1942 per a collector's citation of Patrick Leach and per Old Tool User [R3][R26]; and the **No. 79**, one body with two opposed cutters, 1926 to 1969 (Handplane Central) or 1973 (Derek Cohen, likely counting a UK continuation) — an unresolved conflict [R7][R10]. Lie-Nielsen made a bronze No. 98/99 pair, described by secondary dealers as long discontinued [R14]. - **Preston/Record single body.** Edward Preston & Sons' No. 1369 entered the Record line after Record acquired Preston patterns in 1934, one of a few Preston patterns to keep its number — the reason for retaining some numbers is unknown, per the Record Planes page [R8]. Record continued it as the No. 2506 and 2506S; Record Hand Planes' production-period page gives a more qualified chronology than this entry previously did, so end dates are not stated here [R8][R29]. - **Current dual-blade metal models.** The current **Veritas** and **WoodRiver** dual-blade metal models follow the Preston/Record-style single-body arrangement — **based respectively on reviewer analysis** (Derek Cohen compares the Veritas "along the lines of the #79" and traces its arrangement toward Preston/Record) and **on Woodcraft's product copy** (WoodRiver "takes its lineage from the Record 2506S") [R10][R9]. Neither establishes an exclusive market taxonomy. **HNT Gordon's handed wooden pair** is a separate design [R13]. - **related tools:** - **[[Rabbet Plane]] / [[Plow Plane]]** — establish the recess; a Sawmill Creek technique thread shows a Record No. 043 plow plane followed by a Stanley No. 79 [R18, forum MEDIUM]. - **Router Plane** — trues a recess's floor; Andrew Seemann reports misjudging a dado's depth more often than its width and reaching for a router plane for that [R17, forum MEDIUM]. - **Chisel or card scraper** — hand alternatives for a reachable wall; one poster (furndr) said he could remove as much with a card scraper as with a 98/99 pair before his setup was corrected; Robert Engel prefers planing the panel edge to fit the dado — a sourced craft choice about which side of a tight joint to fix [R19][R17]. > **Petroski lens.** No source applies "form follows failure" to this tool by name. The 1895 patent states its own objectives — conversion between ordinary and bullnose side-rabbet use without adding or removing parts, and secure longitudinal cutter clamping [R28]; the 1884 fence-rod patent addresses a different problem and is not borrowed here. --- ## history - **the patent.** See *lineage*: US 533,329, "Rabbet-Plane," Traut, filed October 8, 1894, granted January 29, 1895 [R1][R28]. - **before the tool** — no period source located describes pre-1895 groove-widening technique; a chisel paring the wall is the obvious alternative, stated here as inference only. - **production dates:** Stanley No. 98/99, 1896–1942 [R3][R26]; Stanley No. 79, 1926–1969 or 1973 (unresolved) [R7][R10]; depth stop added to the Stanley line around 1930 per a collector citation [R3]. Old Tool User notes the No. 98's sharpening difficulty [R26]. - **the 2009 design patent — what it does and does not show.** **US Design Patent D596,475**, "Side rabbet plane," Terry R. Saunders, assigned to Lee Valley Tools Ltd. [R2]. A design patent protects the claimed ornamental appearance shown in its drawings. **It documents the appearance of Lee Valley's modern side rabbet plane and cites Traut-era plane patents as prior art** (including 308,332 and 533,329, and Schade's 545,732) [R2]. Cited prior art records what was considered during examination; it is not a chain of title, a continuation claim or proof of mechanical descent. Functional lineage rests on manufacturer and reviewer evidence (see *lineage*). *(The earlier phrase "legally continuous design lineage" is withdrawn.)* --- ## ✦ human side - **the sliding-dovetail adaptation — attribution corrected.** **HNT Gordon is the cited prior commercial example** of a side rabbet plane fitted with a dovetail fence; Derek Cohen made his own shop version for his Stanley No. 79 (an angled depth-stop fence, two angle ratios) and explicitly credited HNT Gordon with doing it first, and Phil Gaudio "added a wedge made of Corian to the depth stops of my LN SRPs" [R10]. HNT Gordon currently sells a side rebate pair with a dovetail fence [R13]. No dated evidence shows HNT copying or later commercializing Cohen's or Gaudio's modifications. *(An earlier version said HNT "later productized" the idea; that reversed the attribution.)* - **a diagnosed setup case (practitioner evidence).** furndr (FineWoodworking forum, Feb 2009) found a Lie-Nielsen 98/99 pair "very disappointing"; mwenz and Derek Cohen diagnosed it as not holding the plane vertical against the wall and the blade tip digging in and choking the cut; furndr reported the fix worked [R19, forum MEDIUM]. **This is model-dependent practitioner corroboration**; for the Veritas, the maker's own instruction is to dock the blade tip flush (see *correct use*) [R27]. - **"rarely used, glad to have it."** A Sawmill Creek thread: "It is handy when you need it" (Andrew Seemann); "I very seldom use it. But when I need it, I'm glad to have it" (Frederick Skelly); similar from Nicholas Lawrence, Robert Engel, Tom M King. Stephen Rosenthal and Jim Koepke call the depth stop essential; Seemann calls it helpful — kept as a disagreement [R17, forum MEDIUM]. - **why single-body dual-blade designs frustrate some users.** Rob Luter: "I had a Lee Valley version in my shop for a while. It's extremely fussy to set up." Jim Koepke: "the 'fussy to set up' problem is caused by holding two blades with one fastener" [R21, forum LOW–MEDIUM as technical diagnosis]. - **a purchase decision reversed.** Roger Davis (Sawmill Creek, May 2024) nearly bought a WoodRiver side rabbet plane to clean glue squeeze-out from box corners; Koepke suggested a chisel, scraper or convertible shoulder plane, and Davis did not buy it [R9][R21]. - **a single unresolved account.** A Woodworking Masterclasses poster (2022) with a vintage wooden side rabbet plane cutting "thicker in the middle of the groove" could not tell whether the tool or their technique was at fault [R22, LOW]. --- ## ✦ proof of existence - **patent:** US 533,329, "Rabbet-Plane," Justus A. Traut, filed October 8, 1894, granted January 29, 1895, assigned to The Stanley Rule & Level Co. — full transcription [R28]; DATAMP record [R1]. - **design patent:** US D596,475, Lee Valley Tools Ltd., 2009 — documents the appearance of Lee Valley's modern plane and cites Traut-era patents as prior art [R2]. - **museum record:** **Smithsonian National Museum of American History, "Side Rabbet Plane,"** record nmah_657117, object ID **MC.324078**, maker Stanley Works, related date **1895** [R16]. *(An earlier version described a National Air and Space Museum "Stanley Model 98 … ca. 1910" record; that description did not match the located record and is withdrawn. The record is not called Model 98 here because the record does not say so.)* - **production:** Stanley No. 98/99, 1896–1942; No. 79, 1926–1969/1973; Record 2506/2506S per Record Hand Planes' periods [R3][R7][R10][R29]. - **collector evidence:** dated type-study examples (Mark H. Robinson; Sawmill Creek collector posts on casting changes) [R6][R23]. --- ## references *Grades per the reviewer's 2026-08-01 scheme (see top).* - **[R1]** DATAMP — US 533,329 record. *(collector patent database; bibliographic)* - **[R2]** Justia Patents — US Design Patent D596,475, "Side rabbet plane," Terry R. Saunders, assigned Lee Valley Tools Ltd., 2009. *(design patent, HIGH for appearance and cited prior art only)* - **[R3]** Sawmill Creek, "LN 98/99 or LV Side Rabbet or..." — Mike Henderson citing Patrick Leach's "Blood & Gore." *(forum citing a collector source, MEDIUM)* - **[R4]** handplanepatents.com — US 308,332, "Rabbet-Plane," Traut, 1884. *(patent, HIGH within scope)* - **[R5]** Google Patents — US 555,228, "Spokeshave and Rabbet-Plane," Traut, 1896. *(patent, HIGH within scope)* - **[R6]** Mark H. Robinson, Time Tested Tools — Stanley No. 79 collection piece. *(collector, MEDIUM)* - **[R7]** Handplane Central — Stanley No. 79 stat sheet. *(collector reference, MEDIUM)* - **[R8]** record-planes.com, "Which of the Edward Preston & Sons planes made it into the Record lineup," https://www.record-planes.com/which-of-the-edward-preston-sons-planes-made-it-into-the-record-lineup/ *(collector reference, MEDIUM; says the reason numbers were retained is unknown)* - **[R9]** Woodcraft, "WoodRiver Side Rabbet Plane," https://www.woodcraft.com/products/woodriver-side-rabbet-plane, plus a Sawmill Creek thread quoting it. *(manufacturer/retailer copy, not independent history)* - **[R10]** Derek Cohen, "The Veritas Side Rabbet Plane," https://www.inthewoodshop.com/ToolReviews/TheVeritasSideRabbetPlane.html *(named reviewer, MEDIUM; practitioner comparison, not proof of descent)* - **[R11]** Lee Valley / Veritas Side Rabbet Plane, https://www.leevalley.com/en-ca/shop/tools/hand-tools/planes/joinery/60012-veritas-side-rabbet-plane — function, dimensions, materials, capacity, handle, depth stop, toe, storage guidance, Canadian manufacture. *(manufacturer, HIGH within scope)* - **[R13]** HNT Gordon, side rebate/rabbet plane pair with dovetail fence, https://hntgordon.com.au/collections/rebate-planes/products/side-rebate-rabbet-plane-pair-with-a-dovetail-fence; Heartwood Tools US dealer page. *(manufacturer, HIGH within scope; prices at access time)* - **[R14]** Secondary dealer listings (Jim Bode Tools, Michael Rouillard) — Lie-Nielsen discontinuation, collector prices. *(search synthesis, LOW–MEDIUM)* - **[R15]** Peck Tool "#79 Side Rabbet Plane" listing. *(retailer listing; maker and origin unstated)* - **[R16]** Smithsonian National Museum of American History, "Side Rabbet Plane," https://www.americanhistory.si.edu/collections/object/nmah_657117 — object ID MC.324078, Stanley Works, related date 1895. *(museum record, HIGH; applied at the level of the reviewer's 2026-08-01 summary)* - **[R17]** Sawmill Creek, "Side rabbet planes" thread (Seemann, Skelly, Lawrence, Engel, King, Rosenthal, Koepke). *(forum, MEDIUM for technique texture)* - **[R18]** Sawmill Creek technique thread (Stewie Simpson). *(forum, MEDIUM)* - **[R19]** FineWoodworking forum, Feb 2009 (furndr, mwenz, Cohen). *(forum, MEDIUM; model-dependent)* - **[R20]** FineWoodworking forum, Feb 2009 (noviceneil, mwenz). *(forum, MEDIUM)* - **[R21]** Sawmill Creek WoodRiver thread (Luter, Koepke, Davis). *(forum, LOW–MEDIUM for technical diagnosis)* - **[R22]** Woodworking Masterclasses forum (2022), single post. *(forum, LOW)* - **[R23]** Patrick's Blood & Gore, Nos. 90–100 (supertool.com/StanleyBG/stan11.htm). *(collector-standard reference, MEDIUM)* - **[R24]** Patrick's Blood & Gore, No. 79 page (stan10.htm) — search snippet only. *(LOW–MEDIUM)* - **[R25]** Search results for Rockler and Highland Woodworking plane categories, 2026-07-25. *(search synthesis, LOW–MEDIUM)* - **[R26]** Old Tool User, "Stanley No. 98," https://www.oldtooluser.com/blockrabbetfillesterplanesfolder/stanleyno98/ — associates the Jan 29, 1895 patent with the No. 98 form; handedness; removable/reversible nose; 1896–1942; sharpening difficulty. *(collector reference, MEDIUM)* - **[R27]** Veritas Side Rabbet Plane instruction manual, https://www.fine-tools.com/pdf/siderabbetplane-en.pdf — intended use, serious-injury blade warning, bevel-up adjustment, ~0.005 in. light cut, depth-stop setup, tip docking after each sharpening, removable toe, blade geometry. *(manufacturer manual, HIGH)* - **[R28]** Handplane Patents Database, rabbeting planes — full transcription of US 533,329, "Rabbet-Plane," https://www.handplanepatents.com/tag/rabbeting-planes/ *(patent text, HIGH; applied at the level of the reviewer's summary)* - **[R29]** Record Hand Planes, production periods, https://www.recordhandplanes.com/production-periods.html *(collector reference, MEDIUM)* - **[R30]** CCOHS, "Working Safely with Sharp Blades or Edges," https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/safety_haz/sharp_blades.html *(national OHS authority, HIGH for general controls)* - **[cross-ref]** [[Rabbet Plane]], [[Plow Plane]], Router Plane *(cross-links)* --- ## The reviewer's corrections (12) - `BLOCKER` — Fix 1 — Exact claim: “dangerous (misuse that injures the user) — genuinely and fully empty” and “nothing in the record suggests it’s a hazard class anyone has written about.” - `BLOCKER` — Fix 2 — Exact claim: “US Patent 533,329, ‘Side Rabbet Plane’” and “the patent’s own claim language could not be obtained” after six attempts. - `BLOCKER` — Fix 3 — Exact claim: “a legally continuous design lineage” from 1895 to 2009, established by US design patent D596,475 and its citation table. - `SHOULD-FIX` — Fix 4 — Exact claim: “the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum holds a ‘Stanley Model 98 Side Rabbet Plane tool, ca. 1910.’” - `SHOULD-FIX` — Fix 5 — Exact claim: US 308,332 is the side rabbet plane’s “direct mechanical ancestor,” and the later handed design is “a more radical solution to the identical family of problems.” - `SHOULD-FIX` — Fix 6 — Exact claim: Cohen and Gaudio made a sliding-dovetail modification that was “later commercialized” or that HNT Gordon “has since productized.” - `SHOULD-FIX` — Fix 7 — Exact claim: “Both current mainstream metal side rabbet planes on the market today descend from this British branch” and “the two current mainstream makers.” - `SHOULD-FIX` — Fix 8 — Exact claim: the plane is “never” used to cut an initial recess, has “no capacity” to do so, and every source without exception supports that absolute. - `SHOULD-FIX` — Fix 9 — Exact claim: “not holding the plane perfectly vertical” and “relieving the lower corner” are the universal three-part setup cure. - `SHOULD-FIX` — Fix 10 — Exact claim: taking a heavy cut tears wood “since the tool has no chip-breaker to control it,” based on a search snippet. - `MINOR` — Fix 11 — Exact claim: Peck Tool’s No. 79 listing is “a current import,” while manufacturer and country of origin are said to be unstated. - `MINOR` — Fix 12 — Exact claim: forum threads and named-poster anecdotes are repeatedly graded HIGH.