Electric planers with parking rest

Folding (folding) shoe

— the presence of a folding shoe in the design of the tool.

The drop shoe is an additional stand designed to ensure that the planer can be safely placed directly on the sole during non-working hours. The need for such a function is primarily due to the fact that the planer knives, after turning off the engine, continue to rotate by inertia for some time — and this time can be quite significant, on the order of 20 – 30 s. Without a special stand, the planer would either have to be held in hands (which is not very convenient) or laid on its side (which is not always accessible and not very safe — not all tools can lie stably in this position). And if there is a stand, the tool can be placed with the sole down, without fear of spoiling the surface under it: the shoe slightly raises the sole, and the knives rotate in the air without touching the supporting surface.

Such a stand is usually installed in the back of the sole and is made spring-loaded: while the planer is in the air, the shoe is folded down to its working position, and to fold it, you need to lightly press the tool, moving it forward. This minimizes the chance of the planer with unstopped knives resting on the support when the shoe is folded.