Trend bulls eye cutter

[doctor Bob]

Anyone got one, I just bought one, about £100 for the holder, £60 for one set of blades.
Just tried it and its hopeless.
Anyone got one, any tips to improve the cut, tear out is horrendous.

 

[wellywood]

Scuse my ingorance dr Bob but what is a bulls eye cutter? Is it anything like a rosette cutter?

 

[doctor Bob]

Scuse my ingorance dr Bob but what is a bulls eye cutter? Is it anything like a rosette cutter?

Indeed, just different name.

 

[Myfordman]

Have you tried running it at different speeds?

Another brand, http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shopsite ... osette.htm much cheaper it seems, suggest 350-500 rpm

 

[MMUK]

I would have thought for a cutter of that size you'd need to be running at the lowest speed you can. I assume you have this mounted on your lathe, Bob?

 

[williams1185]

just out of curiosity is the cutter sharp it may need to have a burred edge like a cabinet scraper to reduce the tearout also try adjusting the machine speed and feed rate

 

[doctor Bob]

TC cutter mounted in a drill press. Tried all sorts of speeds.

The drill press ain't great as I only have a little one at present, sold my floor standing one as I never used it.
Ordered a new drill press today, coming Monday, hopefully that will help.

 

[cedarwood]

Out of curiosity what material are you trying to make the rosette in ? because the trend website says it is for use on mdf.