Planer

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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
  • Planer (metalworking), a type of metalworking machine tool

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