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A thickness planer is a woodworking machine to trim boards to a consistent thickness throughout their length and flat on both surfaces. It is different from a surface planer, or jointer, where the cutter head is set into the bed surface. A surface planer has slight advantages for producing the first flat surface and may be able to do so in a ...
A jointer cannot be used to create a board of even thickness along its length. For this task, after jointing one face, a thickness planer is used. Thickness planers and jointers are often combined into one machine, with the work piece passing underneath the same rotating blade for thicknessing, but in the opposite direction.
A white cedar board showing snipe of 0.005 inch for 1½ inches after passing through a thickness planer. The predominant cause of snipe in a thickness planer is change in the downward force applied to the workpiece by the feed rollers and the resultant movement of the planer table. The rollers are pulled down by springs.
The term planer may refer to several types of carpentry tools, woodworking machines or metalworking machine tools. Plane (tool), a hand tool used to produce flat surfaces by shaving the surface of the wood; Thickness planer (North America) or thicknesser (UK and Australia), a woodworking machine for making boards of even thickness
A carpenter uses a chain mortiser to cut a large mortise A worker uses a large circular saw to cut joints. Joinery is a part of woodworking that involves joining pieces of wood, engineered lumber, or synthetic substitutes (such as laminate), to produce more complex items.
Thickness planer A thickness planer is used to smooth the surface of a board and make it the exact thickness across the entire board. [20] Jointer Powermatic jointer for woodworking. A jointer is used to produce a flat surface along a board's length and to create a square (or 90°) edge between two adjoining surfaces. [20] Band saw Plug-in band ...
Craftsman No. 5 jack plane A hand plane in use. A hand plane is a tool for shaping wood using muscle power to force the cutting blade over the wood surface. Some rotary power planers are motorized power tools used for the same types of larger tasks, but are unsuitable for fine-scale planing, where a miniature hand plane is used.
Woodworking milling machine in school workshop Woodworking table saw in a school workshop.. These machines are used both in small-scale commercial production of timber products and by hobbyists.