Grizzly Planer: G0544 20" Pro Spiral Cutterhead Planer

[WDH]

I ran one for 7 years and put over 100,000 bf thru it.  Upgraded to a 25" Oliver, not because of issues with the GO544, but to gain extra width.  I can cut 25" wide with the mill but could only plane 20" wide with the GO544.  I wanted the mill and the planer to be matched in the widths they can produce. 

I went with the Oliver over another Grizzly because when you go above 5 hp with the Grizzly line, you need 3-phase power.  With the Oliver, I could go to 10 hp 60 amp single phase, and I did not want to deal with 3-phase since that would have added more complexity and expense.  Anyway the 10hp Oliver just right for my business.  If I wanted to produce more volume, I would need to add 3-phase and a more powerful planer. 

[Dan_Shade]

Handling chips/shavings has become my bottle neck.  It does not take long to fill a 55 gallon drum with shavings while planing.