A planer is a tool for woodworkers who require substantial quantities of plane stock and who choose to get it harsh cut. A couple of treks through a planer and smooth, surface-planed stock develop, frequently at a small amount of the cost of the processed boards sold at your neighborhood lumberyard. This tool is otherwise called a surface planer.
(Note, in any case, that with a specific end goal to plane harsh cut stock effectively, the load up must have one genuine face. If neither face is valid, a jointer/planer can be utilized to smooth one face; at that point, the opposite side can be planed parallel to the first on the thickness planer.)