planer

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

Hillan said Shed 17, which shared a wall with the planer building, was made of cement but was housed in an old wooden frame.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 17, 2023

Next, remove any excess wax on the exterior with a cheese planer or knife.

From Salon ● Nov. 5, 2022

In this passage, where you see deep holes, scraper and charcoal will be insufficient; the planer must, therefore, hammer them out before he goes at the other parts.

From A Treatise on Etching by Maxime Lalanne

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

Mukden, its population now swollen to more than 3,000,000, grinds out lathes, shapers, planers, boring mills, presses, air compressors, electrical motors and transformers for all of China.

From Time Magazine Archive

But the hard core of his book is a gallery of his humanized turret lathes, planers and millers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The planers have been placed in one group, slotters in another, lathes in another, etc., so as to demand a smaller range of experience and less diversity of knowledge from their respective foremen.

From Shop Management by Frederick Winslow Taylor