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drtupper
Posted: Wednesday, February 18, 2015 11:51:55 AM
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Location: Monona, WI
Anyone have any experience with the 20" Powermatic Planer (Planer: 209HH-3 20" Planer, 5HP 3PH 230/460V, Byrd SHELIX Head)


or 8" Jointer (Jointer: PJ-882HH 8" Parallelogram Jointer, 2HP 1PH 230V, Helical Cutterhead) looking at reliability and ease of high school student use.

Thanks


dbrannen
Posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 10:49:16 AM
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Location: Grants Pass, Oregon
We have the 8" jointer with the helical head and I could not recommend it highly enough. Also retrofitted an older planer some time ago at another school with a helical head. This is the way to go in my humble opinion. The helical heads cut cleaner, quieter and blade nicks can be remedied by a simple cutter insert rotation. The above is saying quite a lot especially since I am not a big fan of PowerMatic equipment overall.

Hope this helps you.
Willywonka321
Posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 10:41:40 PM
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Location: Great Lakes Bay Region

I have some experience with the planer what's going on?

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