Byrd Tool Shelix cutterhead for Dewalt planer DW735

Fellow LJer JL7 has done this conversion and is very pleased with it. You can search his blog entries, he posted about it some time ago.

-- Randy-- I may not be good...but I am slow! If good things come to those who wait.... Why is procrastination a bad thing?

I Installed that head in my DW735 a couple years ago. Highly recommended. It is pretty easy to install and works as advertised.

It does slow down the planing process. The cutter head seems to be a slightly smaller diameter, which effectively limits the depth of cut to 1/16”. I find that for anything wider than 4” I need to limit the cut to 1/32” or less to prevent the motor from bogging down. Despite that, I wouldn’t go back to the old head.

-- Mark Kornell, Kornell Wood Design