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Spiral planers

#2
They're great, I buy a new one every year.



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#13
tjclem said:
Got a link?
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http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?page=20374 Here is a quick one. You can usually find the Performax sander used and much cheaper.

Mr. Majestic said:
Abrasive planer??? Affordable and abrasive planers do not go hand in hand.
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Did you see the price that he was considering? Have you shopped for quality tools before? And when did "affordable" enter this conversation? A $1100 tool that is able to do veneer as well as 36" wide projects vs. a $1500 tool that will require a PITA day's maintenance when a tiny piece of metal goes through. You can use the extra cash to upgrade your dust collection ;)
 
#15
If you have a Performax then why are you considering a spiral head over a straight knife planer? The cost of knives as well as the need for perfection when sharpening add to the higher cost.

A sharp straight knife planer can handle any wood and you already have a sander to finish sand figured woods.
 
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mikeyswood said:
If you have a Performax then why are you considering a spiral head over a straight knife planer? The cost of knives as well as the need for perfection when sharpening add to the higher cost.

A sharp straight knife planer can handle any wood and you already have a sander to finish sand figured woods.
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Did you see the price that he was considering? Have you shopped for quality tools before? And when did "affordable" enter this conversation? A $1100 tool that is able to do veneer as well as 36" wide projects vs. a $1500 tool that will require a PITA day's maintenance when a tiny piece of metal goes through. You can use the extra cash to upgrade your dust collection ;)
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I have owned (7) straight knife planers, (1) spiral head planer, (2) wide belt sanders, (1) abrasive planer, and (4) drum sanders; so let me say that I have purchased quite a few "quality" tools in this category alone. Let me also say that an abrasive planer is NOT a reasonable choice to finish veneer. Now what you are offering up would be a Drum sander, and yes veneer can be sanded through a quality one. But abrasive planers are basically wide belt sanders without a platen and much larger motors to "plane" down the wood.

The whole straight knife versus spiral head argument is not even close to valid these days. The finish a spiral head gives off is much better than what a straight knife can muster. Spiral head planers can also plane figured woods without the tearout that straight knife planers leave behind. If you plane through a tiny piece of metal in a straight knife, you are going to have to change all of the blades. If you plane through a tiny piece of metal on a spiral head, you will only have to turn the smaller chipped blade 1/4 turn to the other sharper side. A total set of spiral knives is more expensive, up front, but they last 7 times longer than a tradional set of knives.
 

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