spiral cutter heads

[ray clargo]

Is there anyone who has regretted going to a spiral cutter head, if so why. Has any one having any problems with the screws holding the cutters in place, have any screws or cutters broke ,how would you remove a broken screw? Thanks in advance , ray

[Philip Loria]

I think it would be impossible to regret a spiral cutterhead. I replaced my 20" grizzly planer with a jet spiral cutter head and OMG. There is a huge reduction in noise and, if the last pass is just a small amount, the wood looks like it was sanded with 120 grit paper. I was so pleased I changed the cutterhead on my 8" jointer.
Philip

[Cary Falk]

I have one in my 8" jointer and my 15" planer and love both of them. I had to remove all of the cutters off the 8" and clean them and the head because I wasn't getting a good cut. A couple of them broke when I took them off. I guess they wer overtorqued when they were put on. I have not had any break while in operation.

[Rod Sheridan]

Hi Ray, having used machines with helical carbide cutters I'm glad I own a euro machine with cartridge knives. For my home shop the helical carbide aren't cost effective, and I'm not having any surface finish issues...........Rod.

[glenn bradley]

Is there anyone who has regretted going to a spiral cutter head, if so why.
- Nope

Has any one having any problems with the screws holding the cutters in place, have any screws or cutters broke ,how would you remove a broken screw?
- Never happened to me yet; you would have to work at it to snap one but, some folks go straight for the impact and bypass the hand tools :rolleyes:.

Thanks in advance , ray
Your welcome :)