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lucky4fingers

11/07/2006 3:06 AM

sharpening molding head cutters

Can molding head cutters be successfully sharpened like router bits i.e. on
the flat - non profile side?
TIA


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"tom"

in reply to lucky4fingers on 11/07/2006 3:06 AM

10/07/2006 8:11 PM

Sure, why not? Tom
lucky4fingers wrote:
> Can molding head cutters be successfully sharpened like router bits i.e. on
> the flat - non profile side?
> TIA

GG

"George"

in reply to lucky4fingers on 11/07/2006 3:06 AM

11/07/2006 11:45 AM


"lucky4fingers" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Can molding head cutters be successfully sharpened like router bits i.e.
> on
> the flat - non profile side?
> TIA

Yep. Lap 'em.

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"sweetsawdust"

in reply to lucky4fingers on 11/07/2006 3:06 AM

11/07/2006 8:04 AM

Only to a limited extent.You have to keep them in balance and this seems
harder to do with molding head cutters then other types of cutters, such as
router bits.
"lucky4fingers" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Can molding head cutters be successfully sharpened like router bits i.e.
on
> the flat - non profile side?
> TIA

JG

Joe Gorman

in reply to lucky4fingers on 11/07/2006 3:06 AM

11/07/2006 9:22 AM

lucky4fingers wrote:
> Can molding head cutters be successfully sharpened like router bits i.e. on
> the flat - non profile side?
> TIA
Sharpen all of them evenly
Joe

DH

Dave Hall

in reply to lucky4fingers on 11/07/2006 3:06 AM

12/07/2006 2:47 PM

They can be sharpened by honing on the flat side. You should attempt
to balance the honing, but if your molding head is anything like mine
it faaaaaar outweighs the cutters and will easily dampen any
reasonable deviation in weight of the cutters, so you don't have to be
anal about it. In comparison, router bits have almost no weight other
than the cutters and fairly small deviations can become noticable.

Dave Hall

to On Tue, 11 Jul 2006 08:04:32 -0500, "sweetsawdust"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Only to a limited extent.You have to keep them in balance and this seems
>harder to do with molding head cutters then other types of cutters, such as
>router bits.
>"lucky4fingers" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>> Can molding head cutters be successfully sharpened like router bits i.e.
>on
>> the flat - non profile side?
>> TIA
>


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