Shop Fox 15″ Planer with Helical Cutterhead 3 HP Motor Two-Speed Gearbox (W1863) offers top-tier performance for professional woodworkers. With its 4-flute helical cutterhead and 52 indexable four-sided carbide inserts, this planer ensures ultra-smooth surfacing, even on figured grain.
The Shop Fox W1863 planer includes precision-ground cast-iron infeed and outfeed tables, large board return rollers, and a pedestal-mounted switch for easy control. The helical cutterhead reduces noise and tear-out, providing a superior finish.
- Specifications and Dimensions
- Helical cutterhead with triple V-belt drive
- 2-speed chain-driven automatic feed rollers
- Hardened anti-kickback fingers
- Precision-ground cast-iron table and extension wings
- Locking table
- Magnetic switch overload protection
- Ball bearing return rollers
- Depth scales in both inch and metric
- Pedestal-mounted control panel
- Motor: 3 HP, 240V, 15A, single-phase
- Maximum cutting width: 15″
- Maximum cutting height: 6″
- Minimum stock thickness: 3/16″
- Minimum stock length: 6″
- Maximum depth of cut: 1/8″
- Feed rate: 16 FPM & 20 FPM
- Cutterhead diameter: 3″
- Cutterhead inserts: 52
- Cutterhead flutes: 4
- Infeed rollers: solid serrated steel
- Outfeed rollers: knurled steel
- Table size with extension wings: 15″ x 48″
- Dust port: 4″
- Approximate shipping weight: 581 lbs.
- CSA certified
- Key Features and Benefits
- Helical cutterhead with 52 indexable carbide inserts for superior finish
- Two-speed gearbox for versatile feed rates
- Anti-kickback fingers for enhanced safety
- Chip deflector directs chips into the dust hood
- Precision-ground cast-iron table for stable and accurate work surface
- Ball bearing return rollers for efficient production
