Portable Power Planer

摘要

A power planer (10) comprises: a base (14) defining a reference surface (370); a cutterhead assembly (50) that defines a cutting plane; a carriage assembly housing the cutterhead assembly; a carriage elevation mechanism (16) movably coupling the carriage assembly to the base thereby to permit a distance between the reference surface (370) and the cutting plane to be adjusted; and a setting mechanism (20) for preventing a distance between the reference surface and the cutting plane from being set to a dimension that is smaller than a selected dimension. The selected dimension is selected from a plurality of predetermined dimensions that are defined by contact between a first stop device (902) and a second stop device (922), the first stop device being coupled to the base, the second stop device being coupled to the carriage assembly.