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planerMetal-cutting machine tool in which the workpiece is firmly attached to a horizontal table that moves back and forth under a single-point cutting tool. The tool-holding device is mounted on a crossrail so that the tool can be moved across the table in small sideward movements. Since the cutting tool can be moved at almost any angle, a wide variety of grooves and surfaces can be generated. Mechanical planers, or surfacers, are also used to smooth wood to an even thickness. Planers perform the same operations as shapers but can machine workpieces up to 50 ft (15 m) long. |
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| The wood is transferred to either of the two planers and graded for scale. For the first 700 million years of their existence, the moon and Earth and the other rocky planers took a beating. Prospective buyers look at three main things when considering skid steers: horsepower and lift capacity, product dimensions and controls, and performance," he said, explaining that skid steers can perform a variety of jobs with buckets, rakes, saws, trenchers, augers, plows, breakers, scrapers, planers and more attached to them. |
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