Apparatus for machining the edges of panels, especially panels of wood material having hard glue layers thereon

An apparatus for machining the edges of panels, especially the edges of wood-like material having at least one layer of synthetic material glued thereon;

• rotary tool means having peripheral cutting means thereon for cutting engagement with the edge of a panel, a spindle for rotatably supporting said rotary tool means, slide means reciprocable on the spindle and connected to the tool means, and adjustable means engaging said slide means and operable to adjust said slide means axially on said spindle during rotation of said tool means, said adjustable means also being operable to retain said slide means in adjusted positions on said spindle, said tool means comprising a pair of tools in side by side relation, said slide means comprising a sleeve for each tool, each sleeve being fixed to the respective tool and reciprocable on the said spindle, said sleeves being adjustable on said spindle in respectively opposite directions and the said cutting means on each said tool overlapping those on the other tool when the tools are viewed in the circumferential direction.