Jonathan Spool
01-23-2011, 3:03 PM
I just bought a Powermatic 221B thats in pretty good shape. The owner told me it had a segmented head, but I thought for sure he was referring to the infeed rollers or chip breaker, but when I inspected the machine, the head had many rows of 2" blades spaced around 3-4" from each other, offset from the next row. Kind of like a grizzly Helical head but with single edged blades that were real wide. I have never seen this before. Is it a Powermatic head, or an aftermarket upgrade? The planer is set up for a sharpener so I imagine you wouldn't have to align them too often (which must be a PITA).
I wonder now whether I should play with this head, or just upgrade to a Byrd as I originally planned?
Sorry, no pics yet as it was too dark and I have not picked it up yet.
I wonder now whether I should play with this head, or just upgrade to a Byrd as I originally planned?
Sorry, no pics yet as it was too dark and I have not picked it up yet.