Jointer Cutter Head
#11
I upgraded to a LUXIII spiral cutter head for my Ridgid 6" jointer. Very pleased.

Question - is there any use for the old cutter head or is it just a landfill donation ?

Thanks, Bill
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#12
I still have my DJ20 original cutter head in a box.  Been there for 10+ years.  Prolly gonna get tossed soon.

Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away. - Philip K. Dick

Mark

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#13
Transfer stations around here have a separate area for metal recycling.
Cellulose runs through my veins!
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#14
Over the years I've seen a few guys sell theirs to someone who was rebuilding an older machine and needed to have a new cutterhead machined...but generally speaking there's little market for them. I tossed my planer head and gave away the knife sets here. I still have the jointer head, I used it in my hydraulic press to bend curves into sheet metal (once). Otherwise it's just sitting here gathering rust, I gave those knife sets away as well. Once in a while someone needs a gib or screws from one, and you could sell the knives.
I started with absolutely nothing. Now, thanks to years of hard work, careful planning, and perseverance, I find I still have most of it left.
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#15
Not to be contrary, but I never "got" the concept of a helical head for a Jointer. Planer, yeah, I get it, but when you face joint, you end up putting it through a planer, so nothing gained from the helical. Perhaps it has value for edge jointing, but for me I always hit edges with a #7 before panel glue ups. I'm also ok with knives on a planer, as I always use a smoothing plane on those surfaces as well. I guess its just me.
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#16
The obvious advantage is not having to sharpen and set knives on a jointer, not to mention being able to rotate inserts - 4 cutting sides. Carbide stays sharper much longer than HSS. Had them on my 8" jointer and 15" planer for years. Would never go back.

Doug
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#17
What Doug said.

Yes

Sharpening went from a really good retired fellow that didn't charge much and 4 miles away to a 20 mile trip to a business. They do good work, they have overhead like any other business and the price shows it.
Still, I take my sawblades there.

Ed
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#18
(10-04-2022, 02:16 PM)meackerman Wrote: I still have my DJ20 original cutter head in a box.  Been there for 10+ years.  Prolly gonna get tossed soon.

Definitely more than 10 years, you were my first Byrd head customer.
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#19
db Admiral is another one. There is often 9-12db difference between them at minimum. This on top of the near zero tear-out are the key values for me. I have a helical head on my new j/p coming at the end of November, wouldn’t have gone any other way having had straight knives and had enough ‘fun’ with the setting of them to last a life time.

Michael
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#20
(10-06-2022, 10:50 AM)MichaelS Wrote: db Admiral is another one. There is often 9-12db difference between them at minimum. This on top of the near zero tear-out are the key values for me.  I have a helical head on my new j/p coming at the end of November, wouldn’t have gone any other way having had straight knives and had enough ‘fun’ with the setting of them to last a life time.

Michael

Michael,  I have a JP,  bought it with straight knives, changed over to helical a little while ago -  really miss the time I spent setting the 12 inch knives each time I honed them.
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