Patent ID: 7527080

Claim:
A planer and thicknesser comprising: a frame having a passageway that substantially extends through the frame from a first aperture in a first wall of the frame to a second aperture in a second wall of the frame; an upper table, having an upper surface, a front section, and a rear section, connected to the frame; a slot located between the front section and the rear section of the upper table; a cutting drum rotatably connected to the frame such that a first portion of the cutting drum extends through the slot and a second portion of the cutting drum extends into the passageway; a lower table, movably connected within the passageway; and a cover moveably connected above the upper table capable of being moved from a first position where it substantially covers the first portion of the cutting drum to a second position where it does not cover the first portion of the cutting drum, wherein the cover has a first portion and a second portion, the second portion of the cover being substantially perpendicular to the first portion, the second portion of the cover serving as a stop to prevent the cover from being moved beyond a predetermined position and wherein there is a least one extension to the lower table which attaches to an end of the lower table and extends from the end of lower table through one of the apertures and away from the frame.