10 Inch Combined Surface And Thickness Planer

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.Used in the initial preparation of wood, producing flat faces and square edges. Problems can occur when fingers get dragged between the fence and guard and contact the cutters.A machine with a cutting tool that makes repeated horizontal strokes across the surface of a workpiece: used to cut flat surfaces into metal. a machine for planing wood, esp one in which the cutting blades are mounted on a rotating drum. printing a flat piece of wood used to level type in a chase.