Planing tool

A planing tool, particularly for a manually operable planing machine, comprising a body having an axis of rotation, a peripheral surface and a plurality of elongated grooves on said peripheral surface, said grooves extending substantially in an axial direction and being spaced from one another in a circumferential direction, each of said grooves being limited by a bottom wall;

• a plurality of elongated inserts each carrying an elongated planing knife and inserted in a respective one of said grooves;
• adjusting means arranged to adjust the radial distance between said inserts and said axis of rotation of said body, said adjusting means including a plurality of adjusting screws each extending in a substantially radial direction and having a projection;
• clamping means arranged to clamp said inserts in said grooves of said body, said clamping means including a plurality of clamping screws each movable between a clamping position in which it clamps one of said inserts in a respective one of said grooves, and unclamping position in which it releases the same so that said insert can be withdrawn from said one groove;
• means for receiving each of said adjusting screws, said receiving means including a through-going opening formed in each of said inserts so that each of said adjusting screws can extend through a respective one of said opening with play, and a threaded hole formed in said body so that each of said adjusting screws can be threaded into a respective one of said threaded holes;
• and means for pressing each of said inserts against said projection of a respective one of said adjusting screws, said pressing means including at least one spring element extending between the bottom wall of each of said grooves and a respective one of said inserts.