Planer Knives – Choice of Materials and Quality

Planers have become necessary equipment in most of the woodworking workshops or for woodworkers. It’s a good tool versatile tool used for surface planning, wooden edges planning and much more. As planers are being for several applications, demand of planer knives is incredibly high and there are various qualities of planer blades available in market.

When you bought planer knives, there are few things which you should consider. within the following article, we wish to offer you some tips;  so that you should purchase the right quality planer blades.
There are various types of quality for planer blades but here are two of them which are widely used. Here are these two types which you can buy from Woodford Tooling:

- HSS Planer Knives (High Speed Steel)
- TCT Planer Knives (Tungsten Carbide Tipped)

The main difference between these two planer blades is sharpness of cutting edges and service life. If you want to create very smooth surfaces, we suggest you to buy HSS Planer Knives - These are very sharp. However, if you are looking for longer service life of the blades, you should buy TCT planer knives. Their edges are tipped/ coated with tungsten carbide which increases the life of the blades keeping great sharpness.

We, at Woodford Tooling, sell quality planer blades and ship to Worldwide. We are proud to be the largest stockist of planer blades in UK, provide a quality service that customers can depend upon, including free technical advice when needed and a fast and efficient delivery service.