Planing

Planers for truing and dimensioning timber, in corded, cordless and single-handed forms. The cutter head decides the surface, and on the 82 mm machines it changes with one hand, so a single planer covers flat work and texture. Blades sit in a spiral for a slicing rather than chopping cut. The standard head leaves a flat finish ready for sanding. Three rustic heads leave deliberate texture instead: the fine one gives a gentle wave that reads as weathered timber, especially if the surface is brushed afterwards; the coarse one, worked in irregular or diagonal passes, resembles rough-planed stock; the undulating one cuts concave scallops that look hand-trimmed. Rebate depth stops, chamfer adaptors and parallel fences handle repeat work, and chip collection matters more here than on most tools — a planer produces volume, fast.