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What do you do when you have a piece of wood that needs to be leveled or straightened? For this project, a planer is the way to go. A planer is a power tool (hand-held or bench-top) designed to level ...

Whether you are shaving out the edges of a door or smoothing the side of a bookshelf, hand planers are vital tools to keep closeby for any woodworking project. Hand planers shape up slight ...

Our Top Picks Investing in the right benchtop planer is important for anyone who’s into woodworking. We put the top DIY and professional models through their paces and scrutinized each. The models ...

As your woodworking skills expand, you’ll want to consider adding a jointer and a planer to your repertoire of tools. They both treat rough lumber in similar ways, but they aren’t the same tool. Most ...