The Test Cut

Woodworking Glossary

Fillister Plane

A wooden fillister plane. The iron runs the full width of the sole so it can cut a rebate right into a corner, and the fence sets how far in that cut lands.
A wooden fillister plane. The iron runs the full width of the sole so it can cut a rebate right into a corner, and the fence sets how far in that cut lands.

A fillister plane is a specialty hand plane purpose-built to cut a rabbet, with an adjustable fence controlling the width of cut and a depth stop controlling how deep the rabbet goes -- both built into the plane itself, unlike a standard rabbet plane (or a bench plane pressed into rabbet duty), which needs a separately clamped guide board to control width. A moving fillister has an adjustable fence that slides along the plane's body; a standing fillister has a fixed fence position, generally faster to set up for repeated identical cuts but less flexible for varying widths.

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A wooden fillister plane. The iron runs the full width of the sole so it can cut a rebate right into a corner, and the fence sets how far in that cut lands.

Product: A wooden fillister plane. The iron runs the full width of the sole so it can cut a rebate right into a corner, and the fence sets how far in that cut lands.