Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Dickenhobel
English translation:
thicknesser
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Joanna Szulc
Nov 20, 2004 02:50
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Dickenhobel
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It is from the certificate in the last point of the training they list names of carpentry tools used. What kind of tool is hobel?The dictionary said a plane or slicer? thanks
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | thicknesser |
Johanna Timm, PhD
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| 4 | jack plane/block plane |
Wolf Brosius (X)
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thicknesser
Dickenhobel m / thicknesser
Dickenhobelmaschine f mit umlaufendem Werkzeug / thicknessing machine, panel-planing machine
per Ernst, Technical dictionary
Planer/thicknesser machines have two main functions: to produce true planed faces on sawn timber and to take a specific preset thickness from the surface of a piece of timber. This site also has a picture of this thingie:
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/designandtechnology/redir.cfm?i...
Dickenhobelmaschine f mit umlaufendem Werkzeug / thicknessing machine, panel-planing machine
per Ernst, Technical dictionary
Planer/thicknesser machines have two main functions: to produce true planed faces on sawn timber and to take a specific preset thickness from the surface of a piece of timber. This site also has a picture of this thingie:
http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/designandtechnology/redir.cfm?i...
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Comment: "thanks for the help. Joanna"
3 hrs
jack plane/block plane
If its used for carpentry it is perhaps a manual tool not a power driven production tool.(Webster)
Cheers
Wolf
Cheers
Wolf
Peer comment(s):
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Kim Metzger
: A jack plane is a Schrupphobel; a block plane is a Hirnholzhobel.
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