Electric Planers
How to access this tool
Technician only
Please speak with a technician if your making project requires a red tool.
Key information
Red tools can only be used by technicians. Please drop into the workshop during our opening hours and speak with a technician if your making project requires a red tool.
An electric planer is a woodworking tool used to trim timber to an even profile, or to trim certain areas down to a shallower profile. It is a handheld device encasing a rolling blade that cuts as it is pushed along a work piece.
Please note
No metals can be used with this tool.
What can I use this tool for?
Trimming profiles from wooden lengths to a given thickness or shape, particularly projects that are odd configurations or too large to be fed through machines.
Materials used with this tool
- Woods only - No green wood
What training do I need to use this tool?
The induction for the electric planer is by arrangement with a technician.
If you would like to use the electric planer, come to the workshop during opening hours and work out a time to be inducted with one of the technical staff.
Technical specifications
Specification | Details |
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Planing Width | 65 mm |
Planing Depth | 0 - 4 mm |
Maximum Rebate Depth | 23mm |