On 1/25/2021 10:24 AM, Jack wrote:
On 1/24/2021 7:43 PM, Bob D wrote:
On Wednesday, January 13, 2021 at 3:18:26 PM UTC-6, Bob D wrote:
Shelix heads are on severe back order. Does anyone have experience or
comments regarding Shelix vx. Lux Cut III heads? I am shopping to
upgrade the head on my Powermatic 54a jointer.

I ordered a Lux Cut III head and received it in about a week.Â* I
installed it today. This feels like I went from a crude axe to a
surgeon's scalpel.Â* It is much quieter, easier to control and very,
very precise.Â* I may expect to use my jointer a lot more now.

The Lux head is sold with new bearings installed. They are not
optional. It also comes with tools to change individual cutters and
five spare cutters.Â* The quality of the head looks very impressive.

I used a gear puller acquired through the free loaner program at
autozone parts to remove the holding blocks from the old cutter head.
It worked perfectly.

Now to see if the pocketbook can spring for a new head like this for
my Powermatic PM15 planer.
My 15" planer with a spiral segmented cutting head is awesome. It's
quieter and smoother (knots and wild grain are meaningless) thanÂ* my 6"
3 blade planer.Â* Should have replaced the head in my planer long ago.Â* I
personally would not consider buying a jointer, or planer w/o a
segmented, spiral cutter head.Â* The difference is not small.


And your comments are what steered me to buy the helical head of the new
Jointer/Planer combo. A luxury item for more exotic rough cut pieces of
wood.
When I'm selling my work I use S4S wood, I'm not selling my time to prep
wood.