Slappy
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If the above is a concern then think about that the silent power head has many individual small square block cutter & that each one needs cleaning when the whole head unit gets gummed up. chip one cutter you simply turn it a 1/4 turn BUT then you have un-matched that single one to the rest of the cutters . Another complaint about these style of heads is that the cutters get the corners worn down/nicked long before the carbide is no longer sharp . Again leaving lines in the surface .Timtool said:Does anyone have any experience yet with the silent power spiral cutter on their jointer?
I ordered a Felder shaper and after a long think went for the spiral cutter, especially for the noise reduction and ability to switch the damaged cutters separately. I often damage my knives long before they are worn so i am left with these lines on my work that add up until i get them sharpened.
How easy is it really to maintain and how does it react when you pass allot of pine through it? Does it clog up with resin?
the machines that have the Tersa heads have an advantage that the knives are quick change a minute or 2 per knife , double sided knives , most important is there are 4 different metal knives that are available ( you can easily & quickly fine tune the knife to the species of wood you are working )
clean up of the head is easy as well .
there is no adjustment to to be made with Tersa knives the knives self set when the machine powers up . there are no screws that need to be loosened or tightened .
not choosing a side here on machines just explaining the differences .
Tersa heads are low noise like a silent power head is .