Spriral Cutter Head Purchase Time - Opinons on $ vs Brand

[Darrell Bade]

Going to change my planer and joiner to spiral cutter heads. Figured I would have to decide if the Byrd was worth more than the Grizzly. Much to my surprise the Byrd is a lot less $.

Did a search, most of what I found seemed to point to there not being any appreciable difference.

Thought I would ask before settling on the Byrd if there is some good reasons to pay more for the Grizzly.

[Ken Fitzgerald]

Darrell,

While my Grizzly 8" jointer came with the Grizzly head on it, I don't think you can go wrong with either.

It's a common topic here. A quick search of this forum will result in many threads where this topic is discussed.

[John R Green]

Just changed Powermatic jointer and planner to Byrd heads.
A lot quieter than factory blades.
Cuts are smoother than STP on glass.
Could not be happier.

[Butch Spears]

John. I have the Powermatic, planer, jointer also. How big of a deal is it to replace the heads with Bryds? what was the cost if you do not mind telling?

[John Lanciani]

Byrd = domestic
Grizz = import

To some this is important and to others not, only you can decide.

[Steve Kohn]

I put a Byrd on my 12 inch Grizzly jointer. It doesn't matter which head you get. As far as the installation labor it still is a pain to get everything in there. However, when I did have a problem with the Byrd install (a mismanufactured end with the wrong threat pitch) they custom made me a bolt and overnight shipped it to me. I had it in 2 days after calling them. That would be tough to duplicate with an import.

[glenn bradley]

Another vote on 'either will be fine'. I've used both and see no appreciable difference.