Preamble : I don't want to write another list of what each woodworker should know in order to work safely. Everybody may find what matters using a search engine with key words "woodworking safety". Albeit all these articles talk to the others and I would have liked to find someone writing : "for my own safety I try to..." which means many more people convey a standard point of view about safety without wondering anything. I avoid these kind of topic that lead to nothing most of time. On the other hand I get involved in every exchange that tend to explain why something would be unsafe et try to find out a better way. It's all about mental attitude and the last one requires the point of view to be argued. Nothing good nothing bad but keeping open minded.WhyDi

Here is a way of planing without heavy duty machine. The purpose of this project is not to replace a planer-jointer/thicknesser albeit it might turn more versatile. A sledge holds the power tool that slides along tracks enabling the same thickness across the width. As the sledge glides on any flat surface or along a groove there is no real length boundary. The planer needs some attachments you may find in that document and the second one describes the adjusments. The design encompasses to set and adjust and remove the planer sledge without tool as well as putting it away into a cabinet or a movable box.

The following images show the planer sledge at work. The displayed operations are : planing, thickness planing, edging and panel edging, rebating, tapering and chamfering.

This project intends to build a movable planer. As a consequence the planer sledge needs to take as few room as possible and could be packed into a portable box.