Electric Comet wrote in news:nn6jpi$oio$2
@dont-email.me:

i had never even heard of plowing in woodwork context so that is a new
term for me

It's usually spelled "ploughing" in this context, and
now-a-days is usually only used when referring to cutting
a groove with a handplane (which, predictably, is called a
"plough plane").

John