View source for Surface Planer (Erbauer ERB052BTE)

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|name=Surface Planer (Erbauer ERB052BTE)
|image=Surface Planer (Erbauer ERB052BTE).png
|category=Equipment
|subcat=Woodworking
|status=Good working order
|reqtraining=yes
|acnode=no
|trainlink=[https://discord.com/channels/943237246092447794/950732177136582666 lhs-induction-requests channel]
|origin=Long-Term Loan
|location=Wood shop
|maintainers=Woodshop team
}}

A surface planer used for generating a smooth and flat surface on a piece of timber, often starting from warped or rough-sawn timber. It is often followed in use by a [[Triton Thickness Planer|thickness planer]] which produces a parallel surface on the opposite face of the board. Note - in the USA a surface planer is often called a jointer - there the word 'planer' confusingly often refers to a thickness planer

This planer has a maximum cutting width of 200mm and the overall table length is approx. 800mm

The blades for this machine are very expensive and time consuming to sharpen (we have to take them to an external workshop with paid access) - please do not do anything that could damage the cutting edges (see below). If you do notice damage to the blades, please notify the maintainers at the earliest opportunity

Specific rules for this machine:
* Do not adjust the setting of the blades within the cutter head or the height of the outfeed table - setting these is a difficult and time consuming task carried out by the maintainers during a blade change
* Adjusting the fence angle (to produce bevelled edges) is fine, but please set accurately back to 90° afterwards
* Do not use any reclaimed wood (in particular pallet wood) on this machine - even tiny fragments of nails, screws or staples left in the wood will chip the blades
* Try not to plane bark - it usually contains traces of soil or grit which wear the teeth quickly. Use a handheld electric planer to remove the bulk of any bark before taking to the planer
* If your hands need to go anywhere near the blade (particularly when face-planing thin stock) always use a push stick or preferably, a pair of planer paddles
* Always use the planer with the guard installed

This machine requires training and. To arrange training, ask in the 'lhs-induction-requests' channel of our [https://discord.com/channels/943237246092447794/950732177136582666 Discord Server]

For beginners better to start with Triton Thickness Planer [https://wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Triton_Thickness_Planer] and get familiar with wood working.

==Information for Maintainers==

This is a [[Equipment Long-Term Loans|Long Term Loan]] from Toby Molyneux

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