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Vintage metal planer.

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Previously:

<div style="display:inline-block; white-space:normal;"><span style="display:inline-block; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px; margin:0 15px 20px 0;"><img src="https://homemadetools-images.s3.amazonaws.com/hmt/1647090938_angled_wood_planer_thumb.jpg" style="width:150px; height:100px; object-fit:cover;"><br><span style="display:inline-block; height:60px; overflow:hidden;">Angled wood planer</span></span><span style="display:inline-block; text-align:center; vertical-align:top; width:150px; margin:0 15px 20px 0;"><img src="https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net/tooltalk_17389011616905.jpg" style="width:150px; height:100px; object-fit:cover;"><br><span style="display:inline-block; height:60px; overflow:hidden;">Wall planer</span></span></div>

Wow, I didn't know 'benchtop' planers were ever made.

That's more colloquially called a shaper I thought.

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Originally Posted by Bony

That's more colloquially called a shaper I thought.

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In a shaper the tool moves; in a planer the tool is stationary and the workpiece moves. Thus the planer can accommodate larger workpieces than the shaper can.

Thanks Marvin, your knowledge is unbounded!