ding and dado work,
and is equally well adapted for rabbeting, for filletsters and for match
planing. The regular equipment with this tool comprises fifty-two
cutters.

[Illustration: _Fig. 278. Rabbet, Matching and Dado Plane._]

As shown in Fig. 279, the plane has a main stock (A), which carries the
cutter adjustment, a handle, a depth gage, a slitting gage, and a steel
bottom forming a bearing for the other end of the cutter, and slides on
arms secured to the main stock.

This bottom can be raised or lowered, so that, in addition to allowing
the use of cutters of different widths, cutters can be used having one
edge higher or lower than the edge supported in the main stock.

[Illustration: _Fig. 279. Molding and Beading Plane._]

The auxiliary center bottom (C), which can be adjusted for width or
depth, fulfils the requirement of preventing the plane from tilting and
gouging the work. The fence D has a lateral adjustment by means of a
screw, for extra fine work. The four small cuts in the corners show how
the bottoms should be set for different forms of cutters, and the great
importance of having the fences adjusted so that the cutters will not
run.

The samples of work illustrated show some of the moldings which can be
turned out with the plane.

[Illustration: _Fig. 280. Dovetail Tongue and Groove Plane._]

DOVETAIL TONGUE AND GROOVE PLANE.--This is a very novel tool, and has
many features to recommend it. Figure 280 shows its form, and how it is
used. It is designed to make the dovetailed tongue as well as the
groove.

It will cut any size groove and tongues to fit with sides of twenty
degrees flare, where the width of the neck is more than one-quarter of
an inch thick, and the depth of the groove not more than three-quarters
of an inch. The tongue and groove are cut separately, and can be made
with parallel or tapering sides. The operation of the plane is very
simple.

[Illustration: _Fig. 281. Fig. 282. Router Planes._]

ROUTER PLANES.--This is a type of plane used for surfacing the bottom of
grooves or other depressions parallel with the general surface of the
work.

The planes are made in two types, one, like Fig. 281, which has a closed
throat, and the other, Fig. 282, with an open throat. Both are
serviceable, but the latter is preferable. These planes will level off
bottoms of depression, very accurately, and the tool is not an expensive
one.

DOOR TRIM PLANE.--This is a tool for making mo