Freetochat
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I am looking at some machines on Monday, one option that is available on some machines and not on others, is a tilting spindle moulder. Is this a facility used often, or something worth having in case?
Are you looking at the Jet? My toolshop raves about the Jet and says that they now sell five for every Scheppach spindle moulder.Freetochat":19tx7lxx said:I am looking at some machines on Monday
I'm far from being an expert and have no experience of the things but I'm sure I read somewhere that router cutters in a spindle moulder don't really do a good job because they're running at 8k revs instead of the higher speeds they ought be running at. I guess it's maybe less of an issue with large panel raisers that are supposed to run at lower (in router terms) speeds anyway.Newbie_Neil":2iqfkn88 said:has the capability of taking your existing router cutters, which gets you off to a good start if you have an investment in router cutters.
I've heard this comment too. You can't use most of your existing cutters as the diameter is too small, and the machine doesn't run fast enough. The only ones that work are larger things like panel cutters, which aren't run as fast.Scott":43mbbb98 said:I'm far from being an expert and have no experience of the things but I'm sure I read somewhere that router cutters in a spindle moulder don't really do a good job because they're running at 8k revs instead of the higher speeds they ought be running at. I guess it's maybe less of an issue with large panel raisers that are supposed to run at lower (in router terms) speeds anyway.Newbie_Neil":43mbbb98 said:has the capability of taking your existing router cutters, which gets you off to a good start if you have an investment in router cutters.
On the Felder machine this is not a problem as it is fitted with a neat device that takes you back to exactly the position you set if you need to take the base off and put it back on later, I'm nearly sure this is an option you can have on the Hammer as well.hi FTC, DO NOT go for the saw spindle set up, as you will be using the spindle to make a moulding and then damhikt ! you need to saw some wood,then you would have lost the EXACT locations for the moulding
The Felder service as I've mentioned before is poor, but this is not the fault of the staff here in the UK, who are trying to do a good job.I know there are some issues with Felder/Hammer concerning service and manufacture, but given the number of machines sold worldwide, the complaints are quite small as a poercentage.