A wood planing machine includes a rotatable cutting member mounted on an upper end of a machine frame and driven by a first output shaft of a motor which is mounted on a lower end of the machine frame. A shaving collecting member confines a duct with an intake port disposed in the vicinity of the cutting member and an outlet port disposed adjacent to the lower end of the frame. A drive transmission member transmits the driving force of a second output shaft of the motor to a drive shaft of a blowing mechanism to rotate an impeller for drawing wood shavings from the shaving collecting member into the blowing mechanism and out of a discharge port.