Anybody use one of these. My Delta lunch box died and I really like the idea of the helical cutterhead for funky grains but I can't afford a new Grizzly 15" with helical head. I was hoping maybe there is one of this type that would be good enough. I am a hobbyist so it won't see daily use but I do use wider 10" to 12" boards when I can and I do like to use curly maple, ash and walnut. I would like to know if the cutterhead style in these planers produce as good or nearly as good of cut as the helical head in the bigger machines. Also interested in how much harder the smaller machine has to work does it strain or not will it have a very short life compared to regular knife counterparts? Just looking for real use reviews.
Sorry to run on and thanks.