Chapter 9, Item 19a
Jointer plane parts
The parts of a Joynter Plain.
The Stock.
The Sole, by which it is held and thrust forwards.
The Tote.
The Bitt, is the Iron as cuts.
The Wedge, it keeps the Bitt fast in its place.
The Mouth of the Stock, is the hole where the Bitt is wedged.
The Breech of the Stock, is the end from the hole or mouth.
The Head of the Stock, from the handle to that end it is at.
The Tote, or Dote, is the handle abovesaid.
A Plain, when all its parts and Members are together.
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Chapter 9, Item 19b
Jack plane
The Jack Plain, called so by the Carpenter, is the same that the Joyners call the Fore-Plain.
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Chapter 9, Item 21a
Plane types
The several sorts of plains.
The Strike Block, is a Plain shorter than the Joynter, having the Sole made exactly flat and streight, and is used for the shooting of a short Joint; because it is more ready by the hand than the long Joynter; It is also used for the fitting and framing of Miter and Bevil Joynts.
The Miter-Plain.
The Revaile Plain.
The Scurging Plain.
The Moulding Plains, are for the working off of several sorts of Moulding works, which Plains have names according to their several Operations; as
The Hallow Plain.
The Round, or Half Round Plain.
The Belection Plain.
The O-gee Plain.
The Back O-gee Plain. The Cornish Plain.
The Phalister Plain. [An undated note in the copy of Randle Holme in the Bodleian Library, Oxford, reads "Carpenters have a plane called a phalister or feliciter, a corruption of the Italian falcitello."]
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Chapter 9, Item 24a
Brace and bit parts
The parts of the Brace and Bitt.
The Head, is the round top, flat Button, which turneth in a hole in the Stock.
The Socket of the Brace head, the place where it turns.
The Bush or Pad hole, a four square hole in which the Bit is placed, so as it cannot turn.
The Stock, is all the turning part of the Brace.
The Bush or Pad, is the square piece of Wood in which the Bit is fixed, which is taken out and put into the Brace as often as it is used.
The Bit, is the Iron as bores the hole, which that you may see the parts more exactly view the next Figure.
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Chapter 9, Item 28a
Joiner's tools
The remainder of the Joyners Tools for working, you will see chap. 8. numb.132. to 143. to which place I must now refer you and fall to another employ.
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