{{Short description|Type of wood finishing facility}} thumb A '''planing mill''' is a facility that takes cut and seasoned wooden boards from a sawmill and turns them into finished dimensional lumber.<ref name=Britannica>{{cite web |url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/663493/planing-mill |title= Planing mill |publisher= Britannica Online |access-date= 2011-01-07}}</ref> Machines used in the mill include the planer and matcher, the molding machines, and varieties of saws.<ref name=Britannica/> In the planing mill, planer operators use machines that smooth and cut the wood for many different uses.<ref name=Career>{{cite book |title= Career Information Center |chapter= Lumber Mill Worker Job Description |edition= 9th |date= January 1, 2007 |publisher= Visual Education Corporation}}</ref>
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== External links == {{Commons category|Planing mills}} * [https://www.flickr.com/photos/osucommons/3229277277/ Historic image of the Philomath, Oregon planing mill] from the Oregon State University archives
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