A finger plane is a small plane, typically with a brass body, used by luthiers. A Japanese-style version called a mameganna, literally a bean plane, may be used for the same close, detailed work.
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OriginMameganna, literally bean plane, is the name for the Japanese-style finger plane. 1 Still Made Today Connections
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Finger Plane is used in Woodworking.
Sources
1. Finger plane (Wikipedia)
Terminology note
Mameganna, or its literal translation, bean plane, may be used, especially for Japanese-style planes.
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They are made with soles in a range of curvatures and a typical workshop will have several, of varying curvature.
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