A low angle Jack plane is an essential piece of woodworking equipment, used by cabinet makers, carpenters, joiners, and DIY enthusiasts, in fact, if you are interested in or work with wood then chances are that you own a woodworking plane or two.
A low angle Jack plane is different from other planes in the way that it is set up and also in its construction to cope with specific types of woodworking jobs.
The type of woodworking jobs that you would do with a low angle Jack plane includes, sizing timber, working with end grain, shooting miters, and initially smoothing out and straightening rough or warped surfaces from the wood to be worked on.