Just need the new bearings and the knives sharpened, hopefully chips flying by the end of next week! Oh, and I need to make a back door yet. It grew wheels. Got the set of pullers from Harbor Freight yesterday, 4 different sizes, $25, works great. Got the casters from HF too, had to drill out the prexisting 3/8” holes to 1/2” to accomadate the casters. Two locking in the front and two freely moving on the back.


Pullers and head with bearings

Somethings missing…
-- Grant - S/N Dakota

















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IrreverentJack
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#1 posted 387 days ago
Lust is the right word. That beautiful.
a1Jim
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#2 posted 387 days ago
Your doing a great job .
-- W James Brokenbourgh Custom furniture maker http://artisticwoodstudio.com/
ratchet
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#3 posted 386 days ago
you should be proud. me likey.
Bigrock
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#4 posted 383 days ago
Looks great.
I have a older Jointer also. I did not like the way the wood looked after I ran it over the knifes. Saw a advertisement in Grizzly for sprial cutter heads. They did not what I needed, but the Byrd Tool Company did. They worked with me on the size I needed and the bearing I needed. They installed the bearings and it worked out great. Not hard to change. The machine is quieter and leaves a very smooth surface, which I like. Nice people to work with. They are a USA company.
http://www.byrdtool.com/
GlennsGrandson
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#5 posted 380 days ago
Those spiral heads look awesome, all though for right now I’ll try the knives since the spiral for mine is $350 (Cheapest of all of them) and would be trippleing my investment with this thing. Someday, someday..
Thanks
-- Grant - S/N Dakota
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