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Sur′face-plane.


Wood-working.) A form of planing-machine for truing and smoothing the surface of an object run beneath the rotary cutter on the bed of the planer.

The illustration shows a surface-planing machine with a traveling bed, on which the stuff is carried beneath the cylinder, which has three cutters. The front roll has independent weights. The machines will plane 1/8 inch to 10 inches in thickness, and 24 to 30 inches width, according to size of machine. The bed-rail is gibbed on the frame, and is raised or lowered by screws according to the thickness of the work.

Rotary-bed surface-planer.

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