The annual growth rings make an angle of less than 45 Degrees with the surface of the piece. This exposes the pores of the springwood and dense summerwood of the annual growth ring in ring porous woods to produce a pleasing grain pattern.
Plaintiff
In a legal action, the party initiating the suit to obtain relief from the court against the defendant.
Plan
A horizontal, graphic representational section of a building.
Plan view
A floor plan of a structure that is shown from a horizontal plane above the structure.
Plancher cut
Horizontal trim cut which is done on the end of a rafter.
Plancier
Under part of a cornice or eave. A horizontal plywood surface.
Plane
(1) A flat, level, even surface. (2) Flat based, hand held carpentry tool for smoothing and shaping wood. The bottom has a flat base with a slot which has a blade that shaves and smoothes the wood when the plan is moved across the surface. The blade may be adjusted to make a deeper cut. (3) A level of achievement.
Planer
(1) Wood plane which has horizontal blades, adjustable for cut depth, which are mounted in a horizontal, rotating, power driven cylinder. The wood is held steady while being moved past the cutters, allowing for an exacting amount of cutting to be done. (2) Metal shaping machine, which has a mounted cutting too with a movable table so that metal can be moved back and forth for shaping or cutting.
Planer bite
A groove cut in the surface of the piece deeper than intended by the planer knives.
Planer gauge
Measuring instrument, used to precisely check slot widths, consisting of two inclined adjustable planes that can cause the assembly to become thinner or thicker and are then locked in place to use as a gauge of set caps.
