Originally Posted by
Travis Porter
The biggest difference I find is not getting the ripples/valleys that you get from a straight knife planer or jointer. For me personally, I do not seem to be able to push a board through the jointer slowly enough to eliminate the ripples. With the shelix I have in my planer, it is quite smooth and requires minimal to no sanding.
Only problem is I have yet to get the thing adjusted right so boards feed through properly.