chip breaker

Chip breakers in Japan were introduced relatively recently during the Meiji period.

The chip breaker is held in place with a simple nail inserted some distance away from and perpendicular to the axis of the main blade.

One way to increase the RPT while keeping the stresses down is with chip breakers.

The chip breaker is not tapered like the main blade, instead it has bent "ears" that bear down on the plane blade.

Chip Breaker - Improved self-aligning type permits deeper, truer cut and prevents slivering.

The swarf produced comes away in chip form rather than spiral, thus eliminating the need for chip breakers, and commands a high scrap value.

Planer has selfaligning chip breaker swung to maintain constant distance from cutters regardless of depth of cut.

It is a nickel-copper alloy with a controlled amount of sulfur added to provide sulfide inclusions that act as chip breakers during machining.