sleepydad

I have been bryrd tool for 3 years now. 16” planer and 8” jointer. I have never been bothered by the scalops. A very light sanding or planing removes them complely. No different from removing any tool marks.
1 thing you did not consider yet is how much longer the cutter heads last. No more goofing around with setting straight blades ever again.
Iif you try and take 1 very light pass as your final surface you can minimize the scallops. This is no different than straight blades. If your final pass is very light you get a nicer surface. At least I find this 2 be true.
Last year I ran close to 4 thousand board feet of lumber. I find I get about 1,500 – 2,500 BF per side on each cutter. Depends on how much reclaimed material I ran. I think it’s far more time efficent to run segmented heads.

I have both an Oneida and an older clear vue mini(no longer for sale). the clear vue seperates dust way better than the oneida. The oneida at $40 is tough to beat. you can also drive the suction with a cheap leaf blower. a google search will provide some interesting ideas.

Lots of ways to cut tapers...

Actually you guys missed this one and it's how I do it now... it's pretty easy and works great.

http://www.popularwoodworking.com/article/jointer_to_taper_legs/

CreatingSawdust writes: No offense but hasn't this bench been so playing in another magazine?!?

ditto guys?

It has virtual no cutters on it? I can’t believe it would produce a nice smooth cut. Yikes.

and the cost is $30,000.00 and up

just go to the url there are tons of them.

watched some guy makes nails by hand. these are very cool

http://svtplay.se/v/1371063