Mark & Juanita wrote:

On Thu, 29 Sep 2005 09:11:33 +0200, Juergen Hannappel
wrote:

Mark & Juanita writes:


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Grizzly has a similar item:
http://www.grizzly.com/products/item.cfm?itemnumber=g2320

Ouwww! Not even for a power feeder such an Item should be used,
because the knifes are helb by friction only, they are not secured (as
they have to be in Europe) by a shape fitting holder (like two holes
at the knives back edge that fit over twp plugs in the cutterhead).
Also for manual feeding the anti-kikckback irons that limit chip size
are missing.

As others have pointed out, there is more than friction holding the
knives into the head. The knives and head are corrugated, and a tapered
wedge holds them into the head. No different, and actually somewhat more
secure than a jointer or planer knife.

JH is used to the German rules...