Patent ID: 6708744
Filing Date: 2004-03-23
Classification: B23Q,B27C,B27G,Y10T

Abstract:
A power planer comprising:a base having a reference surface; a carriage assembly; a carriage elevation mechanism including a plurality of guide posts and an elevation mechanism, the plurality of guide posts being fixedly coupled to one of the base and the carriage assembly, each of the guide posts having a threaded adjustment portion, the elevation mechanism having a plurality of threaded structures, each threaded structure being threadably engaged to the threaded adjustment portion of an associated guide post, each threaded structure being coupled to the other one of the base and the carriage assembly such that rotation of the threaded structures relative to the guide posts affects an elevation of the carriage assembly relative to the reference; and a lock coupled to the other one of the base and the carriage assembly, the lock being selectively employed to engage the threaded adjustment portion of at least one of the guide posts to lock the elevation of the carriage assembly at a desired dimension.