This Powermatic model 180 18″ planer is stripped down and in the process of being rebuilt. It will be receiving new bearings and lots of new bushings as well as brand new spiral cutterhead. These planers are very heavy duty, and were built in the USA.
Tag: Spiral Cutterheads
Switch out your straight knife cutterheads for a new helical head.
Switch out your straight knife cutterheads for a new helical head. Recently we’ve been switching out quite a few straight knife cutterheads in planers and jointers in favor of new helical cutterheads. It’s always a pleasure to run a board through a machine with a new helical head just installed. The advantages of going with...