The term planer may refer to several types of

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woodworking machine A Woodworking machine is a machine that is intended to process wood. These machines are usually powered by electric motors and are used extensively in woodworking. Sometimes grinding machines (used for grinding down to smaller pieces) are also con ...

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machine tool A machine tool is a machine for handling or machining metal or other rigid materials, usually by cutting, Boring (manufacturing), boring, grinding (abrasive cutting), grinding, shearing, or other forms of deformations. Machine tools employ some s ...

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Plane (tool) A hand plane is a tool for shaping wood using muscle power to force the cutting blade over the wood surface. Some rotary power planers are motorized power tools used for the same types of larger tasks, but are unsuitable for fine-scale planing ...

, a hand tool used to produce flat surfaces by shaving the surface of the wood *

Thickness planer 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. This machine transcribes the desired thickness u ...

(North America) or thicknesser (UK and Australia), a woodworking machine for making boards of even thickness *

Planer (metalworking) A planer is a type of metalworking machine tool that uses linear relative motion between the workpiece and a single-point cutting tool to cut the work piece.Parker, Dana T. ''Building Victory: Aircraft Manufacturing in the Los Angeles Area in W ...

, a metalworking machine-tool having a reciprocating work table and a stationary cutting tool *

Jointer A jointer or in some configurations, a jointer-planer (also known in the UK and Australia as a planer or surface planer, and sometimes also as a buzzer or flat top) is a woodworking machine used to produce a flat surface along a board's length. ...

(North America) or planer (UK, Canada, and Australia), a woodworking machine for making flat surfaces and straight edges on boards

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* Minna Planer (1809-1866) Saxonian actress *

Franz Planer Franz Planer, A.S.C. (born as František Plánička; 29 March 1894 – 10 January 1963) was a Czech-Austrian cinematographer, later naturalized in the United States. Life Planer was born as František Plánička on 29 March 1894. He was born in ...

(1894-1963), cinematographer who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s *

Nigel Planer Nigel George Planer (born 22 February 1953) is a British actor, writer and musician. His television credits include playing Neil in the sitcom '' The Young Ones'' and Ralph Filthy in the sitcom '' Filthy Rich & Catflap'', as well as narrating th ...

(born 1953) English actor, comedian, novelist and playwright

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