planer

Wood thickness tool

A planer is a woodworking tool or machine that shaves thin layers from a surface to make it flat and smooth.

Hand planers are pushed across wood; powered planers feed boards through spinning blades.

In metalworking, a planer is a machine tool that cuts flat surfaces by moving the workpiece beneath a stationary cutting tool.

woodworking

joinery

Fitting wood pieces together

veneer · workbench · chisel · sanding · timber · mortise · tenon · rabbet · dovetail · shavings

handtool

spokeshave

Tool for curving wood

  • bladeFlat cutting edge
  • soleFoot's bottom surface
  • frogTailless leaping amphibian

mouth · knob · tote · bevel · sharpening · honing · whetstone · Stanley · adjustment · shavings

machine

jointer

Board-flattening machine

snipe · benchtop · knives · surfacer · moulder · spindle · milling · motor · kickback · pass

action

flatten

Make level or smooth

  • smoothWithout roughness or difficulty
  • shaveCut hair close
  • levelHorizontal or uniform position

surface · trim · straighten · even · thickness · dimension · true · square · reduce · chamfer

precision

calibration

Adjusting for measurement accuracy

alignment · flatness · measurement · adjustment · parallelism · squareness · consistency · thousandths · straightedge

craft

boatbuilding

Constructing waterborne vessels

furniture · veneering · woodcarving · patternmaking · moldmaking · joinery · cooperage · restoration · antiques · inlay

Categories
Opposites
surface treatment direction

planerwood filler

Compound for repairing lumber

laminator · 3D printer · welder

surface texture outcome

planerscarifier

Tool that loosens soil

rougher · wire brush · router · rasp · grinder

Phrases
Family

plane, planed, aeroplane, seaplane, aeroplanes, planar, biplane, monoplane, planeload

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G