What size planer do you have?

[Van Huskey]

What size planer do you have? If you post in the thread add the make and model.

[Chuck Saunders]

Woodmaster 612 5HP

[Paul Greathouse]

Van

It looks like your in the same decision making process I was in a couple of years ago. I posted on your jointer poll also.

I have the 20" Grizzly GO454Z with the spiral head. It really performs great. Again as I said with the 12" jointer, I don't see where I would need anything bigger but wouldn't want anything smaller. I can run most of my glued up door panels through the 20" planer which eliminates alot of the sanding I was having to do when I just had a 12 planer.

[Mark Engel]

Ridgid R4330, 13" portable (yeah, right)

[Kirk Simmons]

I have a DeWalt DW735, courtesy of HD.

[Glen Butler]

Wow Van you are on one today. Seems like you are building a second shop somewhere.

I have the Jet-208HH. Very rarely have I needed larger. When I do I just do the glueups after planing.

[george wilson]

15" Bridgewood. Same as others with the motor in the base,and 4 columns.

[Myk Rian]

Dewalt DW735 w/ Byrd Shelix.

[Fred Haydon]

Woodmaster 718

[Logan William]

DW735.....thanks HD for letting me give 300 out the door for it!

[Mike Henderson]

DeWalt 735. I often wish I had a wider planer.

Mike

[Charlie Gummer]

Another proud clearance price DW735 owner.

[Richard M. Wolfe]

Grizzly GO454 with Byrd Shelix cutterhead. Also have DeWalt and Delta lunchbox planers with two knife cutterheads which have their place. (The Delta has really taken a beating and still works very well....good tool).

[Matt Meiser]

I've now got a restored Parks 12" from the mid 40's.

[John Thompson]

The last York-craft 5 HP (same as Grizzly and parts inter-changeable) 20" Curt Wilke had when he closed Wilkie Machinery..

[Kent A Bathurst]

Delta DC-380

[Jeff Miller]

G1021Z


http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f32/woodfarmer/GRIZZLY/Harley060.jpg?t=1267205610



JEFF:D

[Ray Newman]

Sunhill CT-382A.

A real sleeper in terms of quality & cost....

http://www.sunhillmachinery.com/en/home-shop.html?page=shop.product_details&category_id=49&flypage=flypage.tpl&product_id=161&vmcchk=1

[Chris Rosenberger]

I have a Powermatic 180 18" planer.

[Mike Heidrick]

20" Delta DC580

[Jeff Duncan]

Same problem as the other thread....20" SCMI S520 and a little Delta 12-1/2" lunchbox.

JeffD

[Nate Secrist]

I have a Jet 15" Planer - 3 HP

[George Sanders]

12". About 3 too many.:o 2 Parks and 2 Belsaw.

[Johnnyy Johnson]

Delta DC-380 15"

Leaks oil sometimes

[Ron Bontz]

+1 DC-380:) Wish I had a 21" at times. But a 25" drum sander solves that problem.

[Augusto Orosco]

Dewalt 735 (bought at at HD sale about 2 years ago. Didn't get the <$200 steal some lucky ones got here; I paid around $450 for it. Money well spent, though).

[fred klotz]

2 Foley Belsaw 12", Woodmaster 15", Yates American No. 1 24"

[Brian Backner]

I have 2: a Jet 15" and a Crescent P-24

Brian
Taxachusetts

[gary Zimmel]

15" Powermatic 15HH with the Byrd head.

[Scott T Smith]

16" Sheppach/Grizzly combo unit, and a 25" Oliver jointer/planer.

[Neil Brooks]

Ridgid R4330, 13" portable (yeah, right)

:)

Me, too. Works great.

Just got through running a fair number of BF of African Mahogany through it, an hour ago, in fact. I couldn't find even a hint of snipe :cool:

[Chip Lindley]

Newly acquired Shop Fox 20", 4-knife cutterhead.

But I owe everything to my trusty ol' Rockwell RC33, 13-1/8" planer. It has literally planed MILES of hardwood since I bought it barely used in 1985. If only it had jack screws for knife setting, I would rehab it completely and keep it for the rest of my woodworking days!

[glenn bradley]

12-1/2" and dreaming of a 15" spiral. After using an indexed head I just couldn't drop any money on a knifed machine again.

[Steven Satur]

Rockwell 18" Wedge bed.

[Todd Franks]

12" Dewalt 733. Never wanted anything wider but wish I had a jointer to match:(

[Mark Woodmark]

Grizzly G0660X

http://grizzly.com/outlet/16-Jointer-Planer/G0660X

[Ross Canant]

18" Delta wedgebed, 22-201, direct drive

[James Combs]

Delta 12" does every thing I need, so far.

BTW a creeker has a Dewalt 735 for sale in the classifieds for $350. If I just had the.....:(

[Karl Card]

what size planer do i have...hahha not near big enough...13 inch

[Bruce Wrenn]

Newly acquired Shop Fox 20", 4-knife cutterhead.

But I owe everything to my trusty ol' Rockwell RC33, 13-1/8" planer. It has literally planed MILES of hardwood since I bought it barely used in 1985. If only it had jack screws for knife setting, I would rehab it completely and keep it for the rest of my woodworking days!Delta DC-33 uses jack screws. My bet says that the two heads are interchanagable. Global Tooling list the same knives for DC-33, and RC-33. Someone over at OWWM could probably verify this. If Byrd makes a shelix to fit your machine, then most likely someone has an old head. I checked over at Holbern, and they sell a shelix to fit your machine ($895). Brian could probably tell you if has sold any, and to whom. Which means someone may have a head with jack screws laying around gathering dust. New replacement one is $549.

[Kevin Gregoire]

I have a DeWalt DW735, courtesy of HD.

Ditto x 2 for me

[Mike Cruz]

As of this past Wednesday, I had a Woodtek 15". In a week, I'll have a 20" Grizzly 1033.

[Bud Millis]

Delta DC-380 15" planer

[Mike Zipparo]

Powermatic 225 direct drive w/ 24" by four-knife cutterhead and four powered drive rolls.

http://i592.photobucket.com/albums/tt7/mzipparo/PM225/PM225_B.jpg
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Mike

[johnny means]

Felder 751-AD with Digi-drive.
20" J/P

Now if I could just get that Byrd cutter head.

[Charles Bender]

The small planer is a 20" Grizzly but the one that sees the most action is the 30" Yateshttp://www.acanthus.com/images/planer small.jpg

[Bill Leonard]

Woodmaster 718, love it!

[Van Huskey]

Surprised at the number or over 15" planers, I figured it would be much higher.

[Jim Becker]

MiniMax FS350 350mm jointer/planer combo. ~13.7", give or take.

[Tad Capar]

Started with AP-10 when they first came out, upgraded it to rigid 13" and last year upgraded it to 15" Grizzly's G1021 and the other day installed a Grizzly's spiral head. I should be set for now. :)

[Gary Muto]

old Ryobi 12 1/2 inch

[Bryan Cowing]

got a 20" Powermatic with helical head a few months ago. Makes me smile every time I use it.:D

[Christopher Stahl]

Grizzly G0634 combo 12" j/p and a Dewalt DW734.

[Jason Stein]

Enco 4 post 20" planer bought on Craigslist for $200. Installed a Byrd cutterhead and now it's amazing, so I sold my drum sander.

[Marty Paulus]

Just picked up a Delta TP305. 12 1/2". Got it off Craigs list. Good price and seems to be in good working order.

[Steven Woodward]

I have a Makita 2020 8-inch jointer and Rockwell RC-33 13-inch thickness planer. RC-33 was recently upgraded with Byrd Shelix head https://youtu.be/zFdcSKi47ZU
I bought these machines 35 years ago and rarely had a situation where a larger machine would be helpful.

FineWoodworking video tour of Michael Fortune 5500 square foot workshop gives some insights on machine size: https://youtu.be/pRnFHIyjBUA
This is a professional custom furniture workshop with some big machines collecting dust in the corner - Michael said they are very rarely used. Michael chooses a machine scaled to the workpiece. Beside his workbench is a 6 inch jointer, and he finds that for thin pieces of wood the smaller thickness planners do a better job than the big ones.

[Steve Jenkins]

Felder 20”. Years ago I had a 16” combo machine. Changed to individual machines and upgraded the planer to 20”. Like the 20 much better.

[Steven Woodward]

Newly acquired Shop Fox 20", 4-knife cutterhead.

But I owe everything to my trusty ol' Rockwell RC33, 13-1/8" planer. It has literally planed MILES of hardwood since I bought it barely used in 1985. If only it had jack screws for knife setting, I would rehab it completely and keep it for the rest of my woodworking days!

Don't put that old RC33 to rest yet, rehab and upgrade with a Byrd Shelix head. Do a through cleaning, lubrication, calibration, while you are at it. I did and now have a better 13 inch planer than can be bought new. Here are the video instructions https://youtu.be/zFdcSKi47ZU in the video description there is also a link to PDF file of instructions with text and pictures.

[Todd Solomon]

Hammer C3-31 combo machine, which has a 12" jointer/planer.

I did have a DeWalt 735 years ago and loved it too.

[Matt Day]

Don't put that old RC33 to rest yet, rehab and upgrade with a Byrd Shelix head. Do a through cleaning, lubrication, calibration, while you are at it. I did and now have a better 13 inch planer than can be bought new. Here are the video instructions https://youtu.be/zFdcSKi47ZU in the video description there is also a link to PDF file of instructions with text and pictures.

Not sure if Byrd was around 10 years ago.

[Lisa Starr]

Grizzly 15" 4-post with straight knives. Soon to be replaced with Hammer A3-31 combo with spiral head. I'm moving down in width, but think it will easily serve my purposes.

[Rod Sheridan]

Boy, this Covid-19 lockdown sure has people pouring over old threads, this one's a decade old.:D

[Curt Harms]

Boy, this Covid-19 lockdown sure has people pouring over old threads, this one's a decade old.:D

Everything old is new again, or so the song goes:)

[Matt Day]

5 posts, 5 video links. I hope he sticks around and shares more than just that. And Steven, your PM’s are turned off.

[Brian Tymchak]

Hmm, I miss Van Huskey's posts. Wonder what he's up to these days...

[Frank Pratt]

Hmm, I miss Van Huskey's posts. Wonder what he's up to these days...

Same here. He's a font of band saw knowledge.

[Mike Kees]

Every time I see a new bandsaw thread I click on to see if Van has replied to it or not.

[Todd Solomon]

Oh that’s hilarious 😂

I didn’t notice that until you pointed it out.


Boy, this Covid-19 lockdown sure has people pouring over old threads, this one's a decade old.:D

[Steve Marcq]

Griz 15" helical insert, best tool I ever bought, figured wood comes out like glass.

[Dave Cav]

PM 180 with a Byrd head.