Planer

A hand held electrically powered planer comprising:

• a housing;
• an electric motor mounted within the housing;
• a work piece engaging shoe mounted on the underside of the housing having an aperture formed through it;
• a cutting drum rotatably mounted within the housing, which is capable of being rotatably driven by the electric motor when the electric motor is activated, wherein a part of the cutting drum protrudes through the aperture to engage with a work piece;
• a cutting blade mounted on the cutting drum;
• a rear handle mounted on the housing wherein;
• the rear handle comprises a cantilevered elongate shaft attached at one end only to the rear of the housing and which extends forward in a lengthwise direction over a portion of the housing toward the front end of the housing;
• and
• a grip mounted or formed on the elongate shaft, wherein there is provided a front handle which is mounted on a free end of the shaft forward of the grip,
• wherein the front handle is integrally formed on the free end of the shaft, and
• wherein the shaft is resiliently mounted on the housing to allow the grip and the front handle to move against a biasing force toward or away from the housing.