This re-design of an electric planer brings the charm and the elegance of traditional woodworking hand tools together with a new ergonomic handling concept, that reduces wrist tension.
The new handlbar concept of Freehand allows more flexibility in use and therefore a more comfortable working experience. The tools versatile holding options reduces tensions and tiring during work, especially holding the tool body under the handlbar. My goal was to develop a planer as easy and flexible in use as a sanding pad, what also lead to a reduction of the product‘s complexity. The handlebar is coverd with CPC, a biodegradable corc polymere composite material, with a high level of water vapor permability and exelent noise and vibrationabsorbing properties.
The battery driven electric planer is started by pressing the pressure sensitive safety bar under the handle together with the start button. As soon as the pressure is released from the safety bar, the planer stops.
Due to the symmetrical construction of the top, the Freehand planer is as easy to use for right-handed as for left-handed people. This was indeed one of the tricky parts of the design, combining an asymmetrical technical construction with a symmetrical handle.
