Surface Planer Jointer
The Surface Planer Jointer, commonly know as the Buzzer, is used in the dressing down of all kinds of timber in the wood machining industry. The machine is used by the home owner, small tradesman and professional craftsman. Planing is the most important basic operation connected with cabinetwork. Construction such as carcasses, frames, doors, drawers, etc., produced from accurately prepared timber are more likely to finish square and true than from badly prepared timber. It is almost impossible to correct faulty preparation during following operations. The planer is an almost indispensable machine when it comes to constructing timber products.
The surface planer jointer or "buzzer" is a machine especially designed for high planing of surface and edges. The speed and accuracy of the jointer smoothes wood surfaces, removes warps and square edges for jointing to make it a most useful acquisition to any workshop. Other operations such as planing chamfers, bevels, rebates and tapers can be carried on most jointers without additional jigs or accessories. Planing to widths and thicknesses requires gauging from a face edge and side then carefully hand feeding the stock over the cutters, unless the machine can be fitted with a special thicknessing attachment. The buzzer has a round cutter block with three knives located in it. It has two tables which are the in feed and the out feed tables. In the old days they used square cutting blocks which were very dangerous because it would grab very easily and it had a lot of kickback. The kickback often occurred when the depth of the cut was too deep. The buzzer has a fence which when using, you will get a nice level cut other wise your cut will be on an angle. You can make sure of this by ensuring that this guard is in its horizontal position and that the material is against...