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   JerryPacMan | Jul 10, 2010 09:16am | #1

   Usually custom cutters are used on a shaper.  A moulder can also be used to produce custom trim...

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   acornw | Jul 10, 2010 10:18am | #2

   Wide Range

   Custom cutters can be had in an extremely wide range of applications. The simplest is perhaps the scratch bead - a simple piece of steel with a shape filed into it to produce small amounts of basic decoration.  Next up is a ground steel curtter for a hand plane - think Multi-plane or similar.  Then on to router bits, shaper knives and heads, molders and tenoners.

   With high production machinery, it is not uncommon for the cost of the custom tooling to exceed the cost of the machine. But that is true with a router and a small collection of stock bits.  Grinders are used in production shops to make and maintain their own profiles.

   I once had over 800 profiles (sets of knives) on hand, with some profiles having 2 or more sets of knives. When we ran 10,000 l/f of a casing, we would have a second set of profile knives sharpened and mounted in a head, ready to put on the machine when a knick in the knives developed. This took only about 7 minutes out of production time (at 35 l/f per min), vs 45 minutes to remove the knicked head, sharpen and replace.

   Dave S

   http://www.acornwoodworks.com

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   jyang949 | Jul 10, 2010 11:12am | #3

   It's for 70 feet of basecap molding, about 1" by 3/4".

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   SteveSchoene | Jul 14, 2010 10:54am | #6

   Noew, we have a good regional chain of lumberyards in our neck of the woods.  (Rings End)  I was surprised to discover that they could mill most of their wide selection of standard patterns in any wood.  (I had crown and base moldings run in Lyptus.)  The cost was surprisingly low, with no special knife charges, and only a upcharge that reflected the difference in cost between the hardwood and the base fingerjointed pine.  This allowed me to use the exact same moldings on my kitchen cabs, as on my adjoint dining and living rooms  We just shipped the lyptus moldings to the cabinet manufacurer who finished them along with the lyptus cabinets.  .

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   oldusty | Jul 15, 2010 10:19am | #7

   Janet , for that small molding and amount even without seeing it I would wager that with perhaps multiple passes on a router table you could run it your self maybe with bits you have on hand.

     I have run miles of moldings like this over the years , you can do it !

              regards , dusty

    show us the detail

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   jyang949 | Jul 15, 2010 01:32pm | #8

   I have already tried to make it myself, by cutting the excess off on a bench saw and folllowing up with a scraper cut to the profile, but the results weren't that good. I should try using a router before throwing in the towel on this.

   Janet

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   oldusty | Jul 15, 2010 07:54pm | #9

   A picture is worth 1000 words

        Janet , could you possibly post a picture or find the pattern number or name ?

            If you show us what you need we can better help you , I guarantee you.

              lets see it , dusty

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   SantaFeTom | Jul 10, 2010 06:07pm | #4

   Source for custom cutters

   Jannet,

   As others have mentioned, custom cutters could be for multiple tools. There are probably lots of sources for them but one I am familiar is Magnate. The link to their custom tool page is http://magnate.net/index.cfm?event=showCustom

   ...tom

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   jyang949 | Jul 13, 2010 07:18am | #5

   Just received Amana's catalog, and I see that the cutters are for different machines. 

   Amana's assortment of router bits is impressive. Does any company offer more?

   Janet

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   SantaFeTom | Jul 16, 2010 03:28pm | #10

   Other router bit sources

   Janet,

   I get most of mine from magnate.com. Eagle America is another place I look, http://www.eagleamerica.com/prod_detail_list/router_bits_-_ea?s=BING&r=BINBR071709

   If you do an Internet search for router bits, you will find more.