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. |