A planer is a heavy-duty machine found in commercial shops, used for thicknessing wood—as in, trimming a board to a consistent thickness throughout its length—and, in some cases, flattening it.

Nothing beats owning a wood planer when you need to smooth boards and mill them to an exact thickness. Woodworking planers used to be found only at cabinet and millwork shops. Now you can buy a ...

The second partnership was formed 25 years ago with Stegherr of Regenstauf in Germany, which manufactures standard and special machines for window ...