VAVENBY, B.C. - Canadian lumber products leader Canfor has been fined nearly $130,000 after one of its British Columbia sawmill workers was seriously injured while using a planer. Worksafe B.C., ...

JOHN DAY, Ore. — Rich Fulton watches a worker feed a piece of rough-cut lumber onto the planer at Malheur Lumber on Jan. 7, his eyes locked on the man’s practiced movements. “That’s the last board ...

Planing defects such as snipe, ripples and raised, chipped or fuzzy grain can ruin a project. Here are simple solutions. Have you ever planed a piece of wood and then found that the first 6 inches or ...

As your woodworking skills expand, you’ll want to consider adding a jointer and a planer to your repertoire of tools. They both treat rough lumber in similar ways, but they aren’t the same tool. Most ...