• New Woodbarter Hats Are Available!!! Scroll down on the main page to the Member Activities & Site Support, Then click on Wood Barter SCHWAG and go to the topics on hats by Woodtickgreg to order your hat. There's only a limited quanity, so don't wait to get yours.

Merry Christmas to me!

Big Ry

Big Ry

Member
Full Member
Messages
1,353
Reaction score
1,518
Location
Philadelphia, PA
First name
Ryan
Santa bought me a helical head for my DeWalt 734 planer 😁 it's by Findbuytool and comes in at only $300 vs the $600 benchmark Shelix cutter by Byrd. Hard for Santa to justify paying twice the cost of the planer for a cutter head for that same planer. Maybe if it were the DeWalt 735 it would make more sense but not for the 734. I've heard good things about these heads, and i think my last set of straight cutters is starting to cut uneven so it was time.

20251215_232614.jpg
 
Big Ry said:
Santa bought me a helical head for my DeWalt 734 planer 😁 it's by Findbuytool and comes in at only $300 vs the $600 benchmark Shelix cutter by Byrd. Hard for Santa to justify paying twice the cost of the planer for a cutter head for that same planer. Maybe if it were the DeWalt 735 it would make more sense but not for the 734. I've heard good things about these heads, and i think my last set of straight cutters is starting to cut uneven so it was time.

View attachment 281972
Click to expand...
Good for you!!!
 
Be sure to do a review of it. And maybe some pics of the installation so folks that may be thinking about doing this can get an idea of what's involved.
 
Big Ry said:
Santa bought me a helical head for my DeWalt 734 planer 😁 it's by Findbuytool and comes in at only $300 vs the $600 benchmark Shelix cutter by Byrd. Hard for Santa to justify paying twice the cost of the planer for a cutter head for that same planer. Maybe if it were the DeWalt 735 it would make more sense but not for the 734. I've heard good things about these heads, and i think my last set of straight cutters is starting to cut uneven so it was time.

View attachment 281972
Click to expand...
Congrats! Early Christmas at your shop!
 
I know that changing all those inserts is time consuming. Installing new Byrd head on my 8" jointer was a lot easier than anticipated. It will be a lot quieter.
 
  • Thread Starter Thread Starter
  • #6
Mike1950 said:
I know that changing all those inserts is time consuming. Installing new Byrd head on my 8" jointer was a lot easier than anticipated. It will be a lot quieter.
Click to expand...
That's good, cause at present it's incredibly loud.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top