I recently bought a Powermatic 18 inch planer, built in 1988, thinking it had the standard 3 knife cutterhead. On inspection, I found it had the "Quiet Head", sectional chip breaker and sectional in-feed roll. I bought it anyway with the intent of replacing the Cutterhead with a Byrd Shelix. On further teardown, I found 3 of the sectional ship breaker fingers are missing.
1. is it reasonable to replace the three sectional chip-breakers and go with the sectional in-feed roll, or to try to find a solid chip breaker and in-feed roll.
2. where should I look for parts?
3. It came with the grinding-jointing attachment less the actual grinder itself. Since I am going with a Byrd Shelix, I will never use it. I will be happy to give it away for the out of pocket cost of shipping (I will crate it) to any one who can help me get the parts I need to get this baby humming.
Thanks