Ive been in the market for a planer forever, and I'm starting to become impatient on the used market. It's so hard to find that right planer for the right price especially when they're in high demand.
So I have considered taking the path of buying new and one of the companies I looked at was Grizzly, who I saw makes their own spiral cutter heads very similar to Byrds. The only difference is a lot cheaper. The 3HP Grizzly planer I was looking at with a spiral head was $1,700 new. If I bought a 3hp planer on the used market it would be around $500 at least just for the planer, and around $1000 for the Shelix head.
I obviously know a Grizzly isn't going to compare well with a vintage machine with a Shelix head, but does anyone have any experience with Grizzly?