Shoulder plane

Like a rebate plane, the shoulder plane's blade extends, therefore cuts, to the full width of the tool.

It is used when it is necessary to trim right into the concave corner where two surfaces of the same piece of wood meet perpendicularly.

It is also commonly used to clean up dadoes (housings) and tenons for joinery.

Unlike the rebate plane, the shoulder plane is intended to cut end grain.

There are therefore differences between it and a rebate plane in the angles at which the iron (blade) is set.