Electric planers with a curved base

Curved outsole

— the presence of a curved sole in the design of the tool. In this case, a sole is meant that is curved in length — in such a way that its front and rear edges are above the middle. Such tools are not suitable for general planing, but they do a good job with some specific jobs. For example, when removing bark from large logs, the curved sole does not cling to knots and other irregularities, and the tool moves freely along the surface to be treated. Actually, the removal of bark from logs is often stated in such tools as the main purpose. However, the matter is not limited to this, the curved sole can also be useful for other tasks — for example, processing concave parts, where a conventional flat planer could not reach the surface. Anyway, curved planers are a rather highly specialized tool, and therefore are extremely rare.