Shelix vs grizzly

[Wild Turkey]

I live 20 miles from Byrd’s plant so I picked up my cutters directly from them. Great folks to deal with.

[EdL]

A friend was complaining about knife changes and sharpening on the planer at work, they bought a Byrd head for their 36" Newman planer, they love it!

Ed

[fredhargis]

I'll bet that baby cost a few bucks!

[kurt18947]

I don't think you would have trouble finding index cutters even if Byrd and Grizzly both went out of business.

Carbide 4-Edge Helical Cutter Inserts for Stationary Planer - Google Search

IIRC the documents that came with my Grizzly 6" jointer, said it came with a Shelix helical cutter. 

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That could be a advantage over the 2 sided HSS cutters unless there are 3rd party HSS cutters as well.

[EdL]

I'll bet that baby cost a few bucks!

just a bit north of $4500.00

Ed

[sroxberg]

I have Byrd in my jointer and a Grizzly Spiral in my planer, I see no difference.

[Tony Z]

I have a Shelix, purchased from Grizzly, for my 6" Grizzly paralellogram style jointer. I installed it about five years ago and love it.....HOWEVER....even though it was purchased from Grizzly, for a Grizzly, and their head selection for my jointer, it did not fit! Fortunately, I own a machine/tool shop, as part of my manufacturing plant, and I was able to have one of my guys modify the jointer (not the Shelix!). I don't recall of the Shelix had new bearings supplied with it, but I recall changing those, though it could have been the stock Grizzly bearing housings were non standard.