The term planer may refer to several types of carpentry tools, woodworking machines or metalworking machine tools.

• Plane (tool), a hand tool used to produce flat surfaces by shaving the surface of the wood
• Thickness planer (North America) or thicknesser (UK and Australia), a woodworking machine for making boards of even thickness
• Planer (metalworking), a metalworking machine-tool having a reciprocating work table and a stationary cutting tool
• Jointer (North America) or planer (UK, Canada, and Australia), a woodworking machine for making flat surfaces and straight edges on boards

Surname

• Minna Planer (1809-1866) Saxonian actress
• Franz Planer (1894-1963), cinematographer who moved to the U.S. in the 1930s
• Nigel Planer (born 1953) English actor, comedian, novelist and playwright

See also

• Planar (disambiguation)
• Planner (disambiguation)

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