How to Benefit From Using a Hand Held Power Planer Tool

If you have a stack of hand planers and you do a lot of woodworking, you might want to buy a power planer. Power planer have a number of qualities that should convince you to keep the old hand planers but add that power to the group.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

1. Choose a power planer when you have a lot of planing to do. One thing about a power planer is that it is much faster compared to the hand planer.

2. Use a power planer when you need to make rabbets or even scrolling. The power planer can do both of these jobs. There is a great deal of versatility about a power planer.

3. Keep the cut smooth with a power planer. Frequently a hand planer needs to be lifted and started again. This leaves gouges and groves. A power planer has a continuous blade that leaves a smoother cut.

4. Get more precision. The continuous motion of the hand held power planer and set depth cuts the specific amount that you want.

5. Plane larger areas. You can plane doors quickly and easily with a few strokes of the power planer.

6. Straighten a board easier with a power planer. You also can create chamfered surfaces with the power planer.

Tips & Warnings

• Always wear safety glasses when you use a power planer.
• Keep blades in your planer sharp. Never remove any debris or touch the planer blade if it is plugged in.
• Always clamp wood to a sturdy surface when you use a power planer.