Planer

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Not to be confused with hand planes, hand powered tools that perform the same functions.

The term planer may refer to several types of woodworking machines or metalworking machine tools:

  • Thicknesser or Thickness planer, a machine that creates boards of an even thickness throughout their length (North American English)
  • Jointer, a machine that produces flat surfaces and straight edges on boards (UK and Australia)
  • Hand planer, a small hand-held power tool used much as a hand plane, which functions like a small jointer.
  • Metalworking planer, a type of metalworking machine tool.

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