====== planers ======

^ Projects infobox ^^
| Image | {{:archive:thickness_planer.svg?240}} |
| designers | [[:user:tim|Timothy Schmidt]] |
| date | 2021 |
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| materials |  |
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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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| suppliers |  |
| git |  |

[[:category:projects|Category:Projects]]

[[:category:manufacturing|Category:Manufacturing]]

==== 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 ====

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFFzmJfv5No|Watch video on YouTube]]

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AWOB-WIDkOs|Watch video on YouTube]]

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vgk10CdE2Eo|Watch video on YouTube]]

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=47PyY4K47KU|Watch video on YouTube]]

[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3cfLr4l41CQ|Watch video on YouTube]]

==== Parts ====

  * Dewalt portable planer
  * [[https://shelixheads.com/|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)

==== References ====

  * [[https://www.woodmastertools.com/shop/4-side-molder/model-4000-4-side-molder/|Model 4000 4-Side Planer/Molder]]
  * [[https://www.woodpeck.com/woodpeckers-premium-router-package-prp-4.html|Woodpeckers Super Fence]]
  * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thickness_planer|Wikipedia: Thickness planer]]

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