StewMac Safe-T-Planer for Building Stringed Instruments

Create smooth, planed surfaces using your drill press

Our Safe-T-Planer is the affordable way to add a planer to your shop. In your drill press, it planes wood to any thickness, leaving it smooth and ready for sanding.

Plane large or small pieces

The Safe-T-Planer cuts a path 2-3/4" wide. Large surfaces are handled by making multiple passes.

Solid guitar bodies

Necks and pegheads

Peghead overlays

Nut and saddle blanks

Fingerboards

Unjoined guitar tops and backs

Unbent guitar sides

High speed steel cutters

The Safe-T-Planer is machined from aluminum with a steel shank. Its three high-speed steel cutters are heat-treated for durability. Each cutter features a spare edge, to double the working life.

Fits any 1/2" drill press chuck. Comes with instructions, including how to make a simple plywood planing table for your drill press.

Width of cut: 2-3/4" (69.85mm)

Cutter depth: 1/4" (6.35mm)

Overall diameter: 3-1/8" (79.38mm)