What are specialized woodworking planers?
| As the description suggests, specialized planers are designed for specific jobs such as planing a rebate, a groove, a round or round piece of wood, and irregular curves, such as in wooden musical instruments such as guitars and violins. | ||
| The specialized aircraft produced so far are mostly metal. Old planes, wood and metal, are also readily available online, in showrooms and second-hand stores. | |
Decreasing numbers | ||
 | Some specialized aircraft are no longer produced on any significant scale. For example, with the exception of a very small number of specialist manufacturers, when it comes to molding planers that carve decorative shapes into edges or rails of wood, the choice seems to be second-hand or "do it yourself" - as some very enthusiastic woodworkers do. | |
 | Although you can purchase forming irons for hand combination planers, as shown in the image (see photo). What is a combination aircraft?), the electrically driven milling machine has largely supplanted the forming planer due to its speed and the wide range of milling cutters or milling cutters available. | |
 | It's a general trend - the work of many specialized planers these days is mostly done with a router like the one you see here. But there are still workshops - amateur and professional - that have a wide selection of these planers, but it can still be faster to use compared to setting up a router and its accessories. | |
Specialized Aircraft vs. Routers | ||
 | Dedicated aircraft DO have at least two distinct advantages over a router: 1. Do not raise clouds of dust into the workshop (a dust extractor is needed) 2. They are incredibly quiet compared to a router. | |
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