On 1/26/2021 8:53 AM, Jack wrote:
On 1/25/2021 2:16 PM, Leon wrote:
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.Â* 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.
I'm sure you'll be pleased.Â* My comments above regarding the 6", 3 blade
planer were strange, I meant to say 6" 3 bladed *jointer*. While my 6"
jointer is a good quality machine, the blades suck unless super sharp,
and then it is only OK, compared to a segmented cutter, and with face
jointing, it is much louder than the 15" planer.

The gunk is still on mine, I am in the middle of a kitchen redo and I
have no need for a jointer or planer right now.
BUT I did add the plug and turned it on. It is very quiet compared to
my 15" Delta 3 blade planer.

I'm sure I will be pleased.




I'm not doing much wood work anymore, certainly not large cabinet jobs,
so I don't plan on replacing the heads on the jointer.Â* If I were
younger, I would replace the heads or the entire jointer.

I was hoping to steer away from large jobs and do more detailed exotic
work. But here I am in the middle of a kitchen.


A major bonus for me, not often mentioned is the chips from a segmented
planer/jointer are really nice and small, making dust collection a
breeze, with no clogs even from a weak system.

I understand that the chips are smaller. I really have not had an issue
with my 30' flex hose clogging. I don't have duct work, just the long
hose. I hook one machine up at a time and it goes to a JET 1100 CFM DC.