Form cutters: Bearings or Non-Bearings

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H20Diver
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Form cutters: Bearings or Non-Bearings

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Hi,

Does anyone know where I can get form cutters without the bearing? I want to start using form cutters but can only find them with the bearings and I am assuming vcarve requires the non-bearing kind.

Thanks for your help.

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Welcome to the forums. A good place to check out is here: http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shopsite ... groov.html
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Thanks!

I'll check them out

Chris

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Post by Wemme »

Hello,
I only can get bearinged cutters here so i just grind the shaft off and trim it up pass the cutter ends.
although like many cutters a ramped Z feed is required to work the cutter in.

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Bart

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Wemme wrote:Hello,
I only can get bearinged cutters here so i just grind the shaft off and trim it up pass the cutter ends.
although like many cutters a ramped Z feed is required to work the cutter in.

Regards
Bart
Hmm.. can you please explain that for me that don't speak english every day?
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Magnus,

What he is saying is that since he is grinding the bearing mount off the cutter, the center of the cutter has nothing to cut the material away and the cutter will not plunge into the work. You must "ramp" the cutter into the material.

Les

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Aha.. thanks Les! 8)
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Post by CRFultz »

Router bits dot com sales profile bits that are made for plunging.

http://www.routerbits.com/cgi-routerbit ... 46_5775+31

I have a couple and they work pretty good.

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Post by H20Diver »

Thanks Chuck for the heads up.

I am going to try some for 3/4 inch stock.

Is there an easy way to tell which bit is for a specific thickness? Routerbit actually gives you this info but there are other sites I have found which have Ogee and other bits which do not spell it out for you.

What measurement would I look for in the bit to determine whether it can be used for 3/4 inch stock? Or can you use any plunge bit for any thickness of wood?


Thanks for everyones help on this.

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