Here's a 1/4" Grooving Plane that I made out of Spalted Maple.

 

 

The center portion ( dark brown) is Torrefied Maple. The rest is slightly Spalted Maple. 

 

The Escapement side seen here is also the side that acts as a depth gauge. Max depth is 1/4.

 

The farside (the side seen here resting on the table surface) is the fence that rides against your workpiece edge. It also offsets the groove to be 1/4" from the workpiece's edge. 

 

 

It's a great tool for doing cabinetry. Really handy for making Shaker style doors or any for that matter. Great for pictures too. 

 

With a little imagination and fore thought it becomes a very useful tool. 

 

 

Here I'm making a picture frame out of some pine. With 3 passes the groove is done. 

 

 

The sound and feel of it while it cuts the groove is simply unreal beautiful!! I kid you not!

 

Cheers! 

Thanks for looking. 

MrRick 

Here's some more shots of it in the making process. 

 

Using a chisel temporaily for fitting

 

 

Rear End view. 

 

 

Testing it for cutting

 

 

A test pass

 

 

What can I say, but "groovy man." 😆

Yeah.... Groovy Man!

 

Edited December 3, 2025Dec 3 by MrRick