planers
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| image | Thickness planer.svg |
| designers | [[user:tim|Timothy Schmidt]] |
| date | 2021 |
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| tools | [[wrenches|Wrenches]] |
| parts | [[frames|Frames]], [[nuts|Nuts]], [[bolts|Bolts]], [[plates|Plates]], [[end_caps|End caps]] |
| techniques | [[shelf_joints|Shelf joints]], [[tri_joints|Tri joints]] |
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Introduction
A thickness planer (also known in the UK and Australia as a thicknesser or in North America as a planer) is a woodworking machine to trim boards to a consistent thickness throughout their length and flat on both surfaces.
Challenges
Planers or thicknessers use a spinning blade or series of cutting tools to flatten a board to a desired thickness. Thicknessing wood can require a powerful motor and sharp tools moving quickly. Engineering a safer tool than commercial equivalents is a goal, but great care with respect to safety should be practiced around any such tool.
Approaches
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Parts
- Dewalt portable planer
- Shelix helical carbide cutting head - shares tooling with lathe and mill
Interoperability
Development targets
- Replimat planer (frame, pillow block bearings, flat steel blades sharpened on grinder with replimat linear bearing attachment, motor, V wheels, sheet stock, hardware)