This should have been a "gloat" post. I was able to find about 40 bdft of nice curly maple at the store the other day hidden in the rough areas of maple. I am all excited to have all these boards for a dining table -- just looking at them in the shop is exciting!
However, I tried to change the blades on my dewalt 734 planer, and found what a lot of people have found: the damn screws holding the blades are over tightened and nearly all of them are stripped.
I can try an extractor for them all, and maybe get new screws, or I can get a new planer (grizzly?). Leaning toward a new planer, as I'm a little PO'ed. I have a limited amount of shop time, and trying to fiddle with broken equipment feels 10 times worse than it really is.
Some of the screws aren't very accesible and not sure if I am can reach them anyway.
Advice?
Tks.