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|image = Thickness planer.svg
|designers = [[User:Tim|Timothy Schmidt]]
|date = 2021
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|tools = [[Wrenches]]
|parts = [[Frames]], [[Nuts]], [[Bolts]], [[Plates]], [[End caps]]
|techniques = [[Shelf joints]], [[Tri joints]]
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[[Category:Projects]]
[[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=
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=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]]