A wood planer is a great tool for beginners to use. Its basic features include a flat base plate, adjustable cutting depth, cutter head, and infeed and outfeed tables. The adjustable cutting depth allows you to control how much material is removed from the wood. The cutter head has two or more blades that rotate to plane the wood. Lastly, the infeed and outfeed tables aid in feeding the wood into and out of the planer.