Patent ID: 8770900

Claim:
A planing tool for reforming the surfaces of in situ pilings, said tool comprising: a unitary circular cutter head having a top wall, an open bottom, an internal space, and first planing means mounted within the space, secured below and parallel to the top wall, for shaving and smoothing the top surface of an in situ piling, said first planing means comprising a circular planing blade mounted in the internal space, below the top wall, said blade having material planing teeth on its bottom surface; second planing means connected to the cutter head for shaving the outer surface and reducing the diameter of an in situ piling; planing tool extension means for increasing the length of the planing tool; attachment means for connecting the second planing means to the cutter head and the extension means; drilling means extending from the top wall into the internal space for boring a channel into the piling, said drilling means extending perpendicularly to the circular planing blade; and motive power connection means for securing the planing tool to power means for rotating the planing tool, and its cutter head, first and second planing means, and the planing tool extension means.