Uploaded November 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Tools Editor Bob Hunter’s recent head-to-head review of benchtop planers featured models sporting four different styles of cutterheads. Bob walks you through the four styles, shows you how to change the blades, and gives you a demo of their cut quality.

Find the full head-to-head review of benchtop planers in the Dec/Jan 2021/2022 issue of WOOD magazine.

0:00 Intro
0:22 Traditional Straight Knives
4:41 Self-Indexing Straight Knives
8:19 Straight Insert Cutterhead
10:07 Helical Insert Cutterhead

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