Sherwood 13" | 330mm Helical Spiral head Thicknesser Review 

Thanks dirk, What was the other thicknesser you had please?

After researching thicknessers for a while but having found no reviews on the Sherwood, I bit the bullet and ordered one. I picked mine up in mid October and couldn't be happier with it. I have never owned one before so can't speak for the noise other than to say it is a lot quieter than my hand planer. The finish is bloody ace on all the timber I have tried so far. As you pointed out the 4 sides to each carbide blade should give a truckload of service when rotating them. Most welcome as I am running mostly Jarrah through mine as well! Great review mate, I would have been less nervous in purchasing it if this review had been out before I pulled the trigger. Having played with it now for a couple of months definitely no regrets!

I got 1 yesterday, opened it up, and found that last little handle you had sitting there and didnt explain what it was. I have no idea what it's for. Do you?😂

Had mine about a month. Absolutely love it, always looking for timber to put through it now. The cut/finish is amazing.

Thanks for the review🙏🏻 I’ve got mine since few month now, very happy with the finish, but I do have some snipes (almost 50mm)… would love to see you explaining how you set up yours to avoid/reduce snipes 🤩🙏🏻

Hello my friend Dirk, Thank you for the information about this thickening machine with a different system. Especially the Special spiral Helical cutter head is interesting and I learned it for the first time. It is also great that it has a steel case. A solid machine. It is very good that it offers high cutting quality. This is also a good option in my opinion. It gives a smooth output. I think a light sanding will be enough. It's also nice that it's partially quiet. The test is successful. Sharing this is a nice video and demonstration for wood lovers. Congratulations. Big warm hug. Stay healthy and happy. I wish you a nice new week. See you. Yours truly.

I own this machine ,and I came here to learn and listen.....But your whole speil was just boring !!! Get to the point - if you want to pass on some knowledge or experience !!! Boring and irritating !

Looks like a real ripper, mate. I've converted my DeWalt thicknesser and I'm in the process of converting my planer/thicknesser combo machine. I agree with you that spiral head is the way to go. Very good review on the Sherwood unit. I'm pretty sure you're going to get years and years of use from this. Great video mate. 👍👍👍👍

This looks like a fantastic tool and I think you have something else from this brand so it must be good Great video and review thanks for your honesty. 🍺🍺👍👍

Smooth?! That was dead set shiny. What a top looking machine. $1,100?! Bargain.

This is really interesting to see Sumo. Just done the calculation to UK £ and that seems great value for money. Hope it makes it way over here at some point. Axminster Tools here do a similar 13” table top spiral cutter thicknesser and it retails at AUS $2,269😳😳😳. Eye watering amount.

Thanks for the review🙏🏻 I’ve got mine since few month now, very happy with the finish, but I do have some snipes (almost 50mm)… would love to see you explaining how you set up yours to avoid/reduce snipes 🤩🙏🏻

Dirk, thats a pretty impressive planer there.. definitely something to consider when I upgrade my current planer 👍🍹

Wow! Thanks Dirk! Great review. As always! You've created a problem for us now, mate. Because of you we are going to have to order hundreds more in to stock! Good on ya! Thanks again.

Looks pretty good for a lunchbox type up there with the dewalt, interesting it has a granite base, ive never seen that before! Whats the cut width capacity?

Great review, does it snipe at all on either end?

4:25 Steel casing? No it's obviously not when you get to inspect it. The top is steel, the bottom is aluminium and the sides are...plastic. The carriage looks heavy duty and is made of aluminium castings it appears and the granite looks ok. I'm sick of Sherwood fobbing off plastic bodies, I bought their spindle sander too and the body is plastic. It's just not good enough, these tools should be durable enough to last decades. I think you should've mentioned the plastic bits in your review.

top review Dirk!!!! looking forward to getting mine! great info!

Looks a nice bit of kit that Dirk. My planer is quite loud, so it would be interesting to see how much the noise is reduced with one of these spiral cutting heads on it. Was your decision to buy a new planer driven by noise reduction or just wanting an upgrade? 👍🍻🍻

Thanks, mate

That was a great review mate, it did a bloody great job. I just bit the bullet and put a deposit on the Carbatec version which should arrive in a couple of weeks. It'll be great to see the comparison soon.

Great Review Sumo!!

This is a great review Dirk. My Saber thicknessener is loud, but the sherwood cut quality is goos as well! Have you noticed how much quieter it is? Looks like I will be saving up for this!

I just got one of these and so excited to try it this weekend! I'm not sure what the magnetic handle piece is for? Do you know? I can see you have one too sitting on the top right of the manual here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-4vIBaxomjdU.html What the hell is it for?

This is a really useful video Dirk and so many people will be helped by it. I have always wondered how these machines work, thanks to you I know! Many years ago I took apart a wardrobe that was made of 1" thick English oak and made furniture with it. I wish I had been able to use this type of machine. Instead I had to use a hand plane and it was blood sweat and tears! Then mortise and tenon joints with hand tools. I learned a lot though! Thanks again. Keep well and good luck with the dust extraction converter. Eryk 🎬👍😀🍺

Looks like a great thicknesser mate, I have a hafco helical head lunchbox planer and that was a huge upgrade on my ozito straight knife one, so you will certainly notice the difference to your timber planing without a doubt 👌👌👍👍👍

When you said, "Wow!", I guess that sums up it's performance, and it is pretty quiet too! Excellent review! As you continue to use it, maybe you will let us know if you are still loving it!

Great review mate ! Very helpful for folks who are in the market for a thicknesser 👍👍

That’s a nice shop upgrade. I’ve been thinking about doing the same and upgrading my planer to a large one and the helical head.

Fantastic machine for the home shop and a great premium finish! Awesome review, mate 👍🏽

Thanks Sumo. I’ve just bought my first thicknesser, from Triton. The helical head looks great. Might be a future upgrade for me at some point.

dude that looks amazing - very jealous of that ... da~!~~~~mn son! lucky guy 💯

rikon has a 13'' helical head model and it came out last year..great planer it looks like

Great bit of kit! 😁👍

Hi Dirk. I like the way the head moves up and down rather than the table. That's a heads great timesaver and simple to change out a snipped insert. How many flutes has the cutter head two or three? Impressed. Tony

Bought and set one up today. Did you ever find out what the four screws were for?

Nice bit of kit mate, i want one!! So does the depth adjust automatically or after each pass do you manually reduce it? If it's automatic that's brilliant 😁