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   RW | Feb 07, 2003 06:43am | #1

   No ideas on replacements, but would think for an exorbitant fee, a competent machinist would make you one.

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   Andrew | Feb 07, 2003 05:56pm | #2

   It would be expensive, but if you are going to buy a cutterhead and have the money, go for a helical cutterhead with carbide inserts. My guess is that would set you back around $2000 for one. Another more economical option would be to buy a 12" parts jointer, salvage the cutterhead and have a machine shop modify it to fit your machine.

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   rslatm | Feb 07, 2003 07:58pm | #3

   Without really seeing it it's hard to make a judgement but your best option is to buy an import head.  The complete head from Delta with knives and all is #134-7831 for $542. Grizzly would probably be cheaper. I wouldn't bother with a spiral head or a terminus head. The only problem would be the bearing journals on a machine that old are longer babbitt type journals and on some machines  it's easy to replace with pillow blocks.  But with the very limited amount of info you provided I can only speculate so much. By the way I rebuild, repair and tune  machines so any more advice is billable.