[header] How to set planer blades [title] Look at the two working surfaces of the planer, the tables. [step] The infeed table is at the front that you set your depth with, and the outfeed table is under the handle, that you hold firmly to the freshly cut timber. [title] The outfeed table is fixed. 
[title] The blades should be set fractionally above the outfeed table. [title] This method will allow you to set them both to the same height and parallel to the table.