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2. Router (woodworking) - Wikipedia

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   The router [a] is a power tool with a flat base and a rotating blade extending past the base. The spindle may be driven by an electric motor or by a pneumatic motor. It routs (hollows out) an area in hard material, such as wood or plastic. Routers are used most often in woodworking, especially cabinetry.

3. Radial arm saw - Wikipedia

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   Radial Arm Saw. A radial arm saw is a cutting machine consisting of a circular saw mounted on a sliding horizontal arm. Invented by Raymond DeWalt in 1922, the radial arm saw was the primary tool used for cutting long pieces of stock to length until the introduction of the power miter saw in the 1970s.

4. Plane (tool) - Wikipedia

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   Craftsman No. 5 jack plane A hand plane in use. A hand plane is a tool for shaping wood using muscle power to force the cutting blade over the wood surface. Some rotary power planers are motorized power tools used for the same types of larger tasks, but are unsuitable for fine-scale planing, where a miniature hand plane is used.

5. Drill - Wikipedia

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   As the prices of power tools and suitable electric motors have fallen such attachments have become much less common. Early cordless drills used interchangeable 7.2 V battery packs. Over the years battery voltages have increased, with 18 V drills being most common, but higher voltages are available, such as 24 V, 28 V, and 36 V.

6. Jack plane - Wikipedia

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   Being a common first name the term jack came to be used as a disdainful name for the common man, as well as common tools and jobs. [ 3 ] [ 5 ] [ 2 ] : 48 The jack plane has also become associated with the related term " jack of all trades " as they can be adjusted to perform some of the work of both smoothing and jointer planes , especially on ...

7. Variable-pitch propeller (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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   Dowty Rotol R391 six-blade composite controllable- and reversible-pitch propeller of a C-130J Super Hercules. In aeronautics, a variable-pitch propeller is a type of propeller (airscrew) with blades that can be rotated around their long axis to change the blade pitch.