planer
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The pitted road surface was scalped by a 30-tonne machine planer and the debris swept out before a bitumen emulsion binder was sprayed ahead of the laying of fresh asphalt.
From BBC ● Jun. 10, 2026
At minimum, you’d need a table saw, which allows you to cut wood to width, as well as a planer and jointer, used to create smooth, even surfaces on wood.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 5, 2024
Next, remove any excess wax on the exterior with a cheese planer or knife.
From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022
Multiple witnesses said the fire appeared to have spread to homes after starting at or near the planer building.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2022
I've got a planer and a moulding machine in there, to work up jags of lumber occasionally.
From Electricity for the farm Light, heat and power by inexpensive methods from the water wheel or farm engine by Frederick Irving Anderson
The pilot, Captain Al Wallach said the successful mission reflected the specialist expertise of the team's people, which included the flight crews, meteorologists, operational planers, runway teams and medical personnel.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2026
Lagos governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Thursday said a six-member panel of engineers, architects and town planers had been appointed to "bring closure to this event and ensure that justice is served".
From Reuters ● Nov. 4, 2021
I am able to report that the huge planers and millers need to work armor plate particularly, for the expanded naval program will be available on time.
From Time Magazine Archive
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But the hard core of his book is a gallery of his humanized turret lathes, planers and millers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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I need one hundred thousand dollars' worth of lumber-mill machinery, blade saws, crosscuts, jackers, planers, kickers, chain belting, leather belting, and everything else that goes to make up a first-class plant.
From The White Desert by Anton Otto Fischer