Spiral Cutters

[Mike OMelia]

I have a 6" Jet Jointer, and a 13" Dewalt 735 planer. Occasionally I have looked at prices to upgrade to spiral cutters, but its been a while. Either my perspective has changed, or there has been a general decrease in prices. True?

Also, when it comes to the 735, I've heard there are different choices that make installation harder or less difficult. I cannot recall where I read that.

Mike

[Jim Andrew]

I bought my spiral heads from Grizzly, as they were least expensive I found. Anyone need a 12" 3 blade jointer cutterhead?

[Van Huskey]

Also, when it comes to the 735, I've heard there are different choices that make installation harder or less difficult. I cannot recall where I read that.

Mike

The Byrd OEM sized head has a larger diameter so all the inserts have to be removed and reinstalled once the head is placed in the planer. So the OEM sized head takes longer to install but the larger diameter improves the cut quality, at least theoretically.