Holben gives free shipping and 10% off the standard Byrd prices. They don't take the SMC membership discount on the Shelix heads. But it's still a good deal.
Holben gives free shipping and 10% off the standard Byrd prices. They don't take the SMC membership discount on the Shelix heads. But it's still a good deal.
I do it all the time when I've got a cabinet door that is too big to just edge sand to size. I'm usually going pretty slow to reduce tear out, and I'm usually only taking about a 1/32" max and it's on 3/4" material. So not exactly the same scenario. I am using the same jointer for that task, but my knives are solid.
Bearings arrived a day early
Rigged up a makeshift jig to get the bearings on using a suspension washer from a 4Runner, a ceiling fan down rod, a floor flange, a wood block and a hammer.
Almost there
Mounted in bearing blocks and bolted to machine
And buttoned back up and aligned
I lost about 2 hours on install however trying to troubleshoot a problem. Turned out I put the upper belt pulley on backwards which was causing alignment problems. Long story short, got it straight and everything aligned and running like a top.
The he cutter head seems to do a very nice job. Not much noise difference but I'm thinking the dewalt 735 version I'll be installing will result in a big reduction.
Last edited by Greg Parrish; 10-20-2017 at 8:49 PM.