[Woodworkers] 15" Planer

[Ron Odum]

What's the advantages of the helical head over  regular blade?

On Wed, Feb 23, 2022, 7:06 PM dopauls--- via Woodworkers <
woodworkers at lists.sawdusters.org> wrote:

> Thank you Dave.  I have heard lots of good things about the Grizzlys.  I
> have had very good luck with the Jet line and the local dealer will deliver
> it and set it up at no extra charge.  Pretty good when you consider it is
> over 300 pounds.
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> *From:* Woodworkers <woodworkers-bounces at lists.sawdusters.org> *On Behalf
> Of *Dave Heitstuman via Woodworkers
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 23, 2022 7:03 PM
> *To:* woodworkers at sawdusters.org
> *Cc:* Dave Heitstuman <DaveH at sphcontrols.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Woodworkers] 15" Planer
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> Doug,
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> I have an older Jet that I put a helical head on, it was an amazing
> transformation J  When I bought mine the only option was infeed and
> outfeed rollers, they did not have the solid infeed/outfeed extensions.  I
> get a fair amount of snipe and based on some research and my observation of
> the board feeding through the planer I am pretty certain the rollers are
> contributing to the problem.  When it gets bad enough I spend half a day
> trying to get the rollers aligned again, even though it is almost
> impossible to get them perfect.  So if they still offer the rollers my
> suggestion is to not get them, get the solid extensions.  With that said
> there are allot of people that like the Grizzly.  I had researched the
> Grizzly when I bought my Jet and had pretty much determined they were the
> exact same machine.  I went with the Jet to support a local tool supplier.
> I still prefer to support the local guy but when we start talking the cost
> of these things now I would go with the one that I can get the most bang
> for my buck on.
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> 2Dave
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> *From:* Woodworkers [mailto:woodworkers-bounces at lists.sawdusters.org
> <woodworkers-bounces at lists.sawdusters.org>] *On Behalf Of *Doug Pauls via
> Woodworkers
> *Sent:* Wednesday, February 23, 2022 4:04 PM
> *To:* Sawdusters <woodworkers at sawdusters.org>
> *Cc:* Doug Pauls <dopauls at gmail.com>
> *Subject:* [Woodworkers] 15" Planer
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> Good evening all,
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> Sometime in April, I plan on getting a 15” planer with the helical head.
> Been thinking of the Jet 15”.  Would any of you have recommendations of
> other planers you like?  Needs to be non-benchtop.
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