IT’S DONE!!!!!!!! I am editing the final video of the machining process….
I have completed final stages of machining a custom helical cutterhead for my DeWalt 733 Planer.
The design is what I came up with from looking at other companies’ designs. BIG THANKS TO BYRD TOOL AND HERMANCE TOOL for the inspiration and great ideas. THANKS ALSO TO Dave at www.conicaltool.com for the custom tapered end mills used to machine the pockets for the carbide teeth, and for having the teeth TiN coated by Oerlikon Balzers. 
Compare the teeth above (Titanium Nitride coated) to those below (as received from Byrd)
This is what I created in my CAD software. COMPARE THESE TO THE ACTUAL PHOTOS BELOW!!!
I EVEN ENGRAVED MY NAME, DATE, AND MODEL # OF THE PART. I used what is called a “Canned Cycle” which is a preset program in the CNC’s control. All you do is give it the X and Y (and in my case the rotational A-axis) coordinates, the scale of the lettering based on a 1” default, and the text you want. Voila!!
Thanks to all you LJs who replied on my posts about this project. Your input and suggestions were valuable to the success of this project.
THE VIDEO IS YET TO COME!
See my first Topic SHELIX CUTTERHEAD
and Part I of this blog entry.
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14 comments so far
Todd A. Clippinger
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posted 97 days ago
It is difficult to relay just how COOL I think this is!
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Mark Shymanski
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posted 97 days ago
Amazingly cool… how much would a second one sell for?
-- ....next big purchase is wood for the next project, Mark
GaryK
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posted 97 days ago
That is very cool! I would buy a second planer just in case the first one broke, after all that work.
-- Gary, East TX -- The longest journey begins with a single step.
Damian Penney
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posted 97 days ago
:) Congrats, that’s awesome.
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tooldad
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posted 97 days ago
If you get bored, or greedy, I think you could make one for the 735 planer. A lot of us have one, apparent by the review post I started a couple of months ago. My only complaint of the 735 is there isn’t a spiral head available, and I am considering the 15” grizzly because of that.
teenagewoodworker
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posted 96 days ago
now that is COOL! its great when something such as this comes out great. The name was a nice touch too. have you tried it out yet.
YooperCasey
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posted 96 days ago
Beautiful work! Next thing you know you’ll be a tool and die maker :)
-- Casey, Engineer, Escanaba, MI
SteveKorz
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posted 96 days ago
Wow, what can I say? You’ve got a lot more talent than I do… that’s pretty cool!!
-- As iron sharpens iron, so one man sharpens another. (Proverbs 27:17)
JohnR
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posted 96 days ago
Simply incredible. You truly have a gift.
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Dick Cain
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posted 96 days ago
Fantastic!
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Grumpy
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posted 96 days ago
Awesome, great combination of skills.
-- Grumpy - "Always look on the bright side of life"- Monty Python
Doug S.
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posted 96 days ago
That ONLY thing that could possibly be improved on would be putting that head in MY DW733:-))
Very cool.
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Drew1House
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posted 34 days ago
I think everyone thought you were full of it when you first said you were doing this… awesome…
Drew
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John Gray
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posted 33 days ago
Great job I’m very impressed!!!!!
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