On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 17:29:49 GMT, Phisherman wrote:

On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 02:39:00 GMT, "Ron"
wrote:

I'm sure the life of planer blades varies with the type of wood, blade
speed, number of blades, etc...

That said how many bf of red oak & cedar should I expect to be able to plane
before needing to replace/flip blades

Are we talking 100's of bf or over 1000?

ThankX,
Ron

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I am really surprised at the low figures everyone is posting... I
really am... I purchased 1000 bt of rough cut Walnut a few years ago
plus at least 300 bf of poplar and an equal amount of cherry... and I
am almost completely out of that stock... The Blades were not new in
my Dewalt 730-something and I am still getting very acceptable
results...

My guess would be at least a 1000 more like 2000 Bf.... maybe I am
blessed with a set of super blades

Bob Griffiths