Use the arrow keys to move between letters. Press Enter or Space on the first letter of a word, then again on the last letter. Press Escape to cancel.
A few of the words
- FROG
- The frog is the cast-iron seat inside the plane body that holds the blade assembly at the correct cutting angle, adjusting it changes the size of the mouth opening and how the plane handles difficult grain.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CAPIRON
- The cap iron (also called the chipbreaker) presses against the flat face of the blade and rolls the shaving upward before it can lever a chip out of the wood, the secret weapon against tearout.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- CAMBERED
- A cambered iron has a very slightly curved edge, ground on purpose so the plane removes more wood in the center of the stroke and leaves no sharp corner tracks, the classic prep for a smoothing pass.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
- TEAROUT
- Tearout happens when the blade lifts wood fibers ahead of the cut instead of slicing them clean, planing against the grain, or with a dull iron, is the usual culprit.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
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The Hand Plane: a free large-print word search
Hand plane word search, free and large-print. Ride the sole along the grain and chase that first pale, curling shaving.
About The Hand Plane
A hand plane is one of woodworking's oldest and most satisfying tools, a weighted body of cast iron or wood gliding across a board, lifting tissue-thin shavings that curl away like ribbon. The sound it makes, a soft whisper of steel on wood, tells an experienced craftsman everything about how sharp the blade is and how well it rides the grain. Getting that surface glassy-smooth, no tearout, no ridges, just the warm shimmer of the wood itself, is a quiet craft that rewards patience and a well-tuned edge.
How to play
- 1Find a word.Tap its first letter, then tap along to its last. The trail fills in and finishes itself when it spells a word. Or press the first letter and drag.
- 2Words run in straight lines.Across and down, and on the harder difficulties diagonally and backwards.
- 3It marks itself.Each word you find takes on its own soft colour on the grid and is crossed off the list.
- 4Choose a difficulty.Relaxed, Classic or Challenging set those directions and how much the word list helps, never the grid size. Tap the A buttons at the top to enlarge the letters, or pinch the grid.
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