Been thinking about buying a new planer-
Accuracy and quality of cut, plus ability to process multiple parts of different thicknesses. Probably an insert carbide head, segmented infeed rolls. New Taiwan 25" 15 hp with numeric controls for size is about 10K.
Any other ideas?
You BEEN runnin' one, you'd know best how your work stresses which and what is important to your use.
Modified a Newman 600 24" X 8", 6 HP integral 3-P
like this one...
https://youtu.be/m6exyo7feWA
.. to an external 1-P motor back in '73 or '74 for the Boss's son-in-law. Like new condition, but it was already old enough to vote.
Steel blades, overly-seasoned rough sawn native White Oak.
The only money made with it was Dixie Saw constantly doing blades, and yrs. truly settin' em - so the operator could see to it we were kept busy "real soon" doin' blades again!
"seemed like a good machine at the time"... but... progress..
Next video.. Newman S382 High Speed Double Surface Planer
Newman S382 High Speed Double Surface Planer From Hermance Machine Company - YouTube
Annnd ... that one is already many years old, NOW, as well (2007).. but they do turn-up, used.
"Back to you" for YOUR needs...
But whatever else.... Carbides sound GOOD! "Essential, even!"
Appalachia boy, here. Red Oak is for the stove. White Oak or Cherry for most other stuff. And we've been known to frame a whole house in ... native Hickory.. trim it in Cherry... then floor it with native Black Walnut.. every splinter of it growed right on our own land.
Because we were too barefoot
poor to use store-bought "pine" yah needed folding money to BUY!