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2. Plane (tool) - Wikipedia

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   Plane (tool) 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. Generally, all planes are used to flatten, reduce ...

3. Thickness planer - Wikipedia

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   Function. 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 ...

4. Jointer - Wikipedia

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   A jointer or in some configurations, a jointer-planer (also known in the UK and Australia as a planer or surface planer, and sometimes also as a buzzer or flat top) is a woodworking machine used to produce a flat surface along a board's length. As a jointer, the machine operates on the narrow edge of boards, preparing them for use as butt joint ...

5. Power tool - Wikipedia

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   A power tool is a tool that is actuated by an additional power source and mechanism other than the solely manual labor used with hand tools. The most common types of power tools use electric motors. Internal combustion engines and compressed air are also commonly used. Tools directly driven by animal power are not generally considered power tools.

6. Woodworking - Wikipedia

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   Electric plug-in tablesaw for woodworking. A table saw is intended to make long precise cuts along the grain pattern of the board known as rip cuts. Most table saws offer the option of a beveled rip cut. [20] 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 ...

7. Planer - Wikipedia

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   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. Planer (metalworking), a metalworking machine-tool having a reciprocating work table and a stationary cutting tool. Jointer ...