Dictionary Definition
planer n : a power tool for smoothing or shaping
wood [syn: plane, planing
machine]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- A woodworking tool which smooths a surface.
- A large machine tool in which the workpiece is traversed linearly (by means of a reciprocating bed) beneath a single-point cutting tool. (Analogous to a shaper but larger and with the workpiece moving instead of the tool.) Planers can generate various shapes, but were most especially used to generate large, accurate flat surfaces. The planer is nowadays obsolescent, having been mostly superseded by large milling machines.
See also
French
Pronunciation
- /pla.ne/
- SAMPA: /pla.ne/
Verb
planer- to glide
Conjugation
Extensive Definition
The term planer may refer to several types of
woodworking
machines or metalworking machine
tools:
- Thicknesser or Thickness planer, a machine that creates boards of an even thickness throughout their length (North American English)
- Jointer, a machine that produces flat surfaces and straight edges on boards (UK and Australia)
- Hand planer, a small hand-held power tool used much as a hand plane, which functions like a small jointer
- Planer (metalworking), a type of metalworking machine tool