vlakgemaakt

Vlakgemaakt is a Dutch adjective and past participle meaning “made flat” or “planed flat.” It derives from vlak, meaning a flat surface, and maken, meaning to make. The term is used in technical and workshop language to describe a surface that has been leveled and smoothed to be even, typically after removing material or correcting irregularities to meet a specified flatness tolerance.

In practice, vlakgemaakte oppervlakken are common in woodworking, metalworking, and construction. A piece of wood can be described as vlakgemaakt after planing or scraping to remove warp or unevenness; a machined metal part may be described as vlakgemaakt after milling or grinding to produce a single flat plane. In engineering drawings, a surface that must be flat is often specified as vlakgemaakt, or expressed through tolerances for flatness.

Common methods to achieve vlakgemaakte oppervlakken include hand planing (schaven) or power planing, milling (fresen), grinding (slijpen), and, for fine finishes, lapping or polishing. The quality is usually defined by flatness tolerances, such as deviations from an ideal plane over a given area.

The term is typically used within Dutch-language technical manuals, carpentry, and manufacturing documentation. Outside these fields, the concept is described more generally as planing or flattening, while the Dutch phrase vlakgemaakt specifically denotes the surface that has been brought to planarity.