Jay Pique wrote in message . ..
On 2 Aug 2004 03:46:23 -0700, (WillaimC) wrote:

I have a SF 20 inch planer with blades and it is an excellent machine
but I also have a friend who paid the extra thousand dollar for one
with the spiral cutter head. No comparison in finish, boards from his
are almost ready to use and require only light finish sanding.

This is the one with the many little carbide square chips, right?
What's blade changing like? I'm guessing simple, but time consuming
in that there are so many of them.

Anyone used the spiral cutterhead that has blades the full width? I
think it's from Powermatic.

JP

He hasn't had to deal with the blades yet but there are a bunch of
them and I imagine it would take some time but probably not much
longer than trying to get four regular blades set. It does come with
the necessary tools and each blade has four cutting surfaces and may
be loosened and rotated when it needs replacing.

The system from PM is called flexblade and I've heard that it's not
too good.