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   frenchy | Sep 15, 2005 07:04am | #1

   Jameslmillar, 

        I used to buy high end shaper cutters but lately have standardised on Grizzley stuff.. other cutters would cost me well over a hundred dollars so I tried to be creative  and buy cutters that I could multi task..

     Eventually every cutter no matter who sells it will get dull.  Getting them sharpened was expensvie enough that after three sharpenings I paid the price of a new cutter..

      Finally I bought the cheap Grizzley cutters.   They were only slightly more than getting the expensive cutters resharpened once so I figured what the heck,  and bought a few..  well they've lasted just as long as the higher end cutters did so far and still aren't totally dull.    
           In the end I found I  would rather have a whole bunch of cutters so one could be at the sharpeners, one could be in the shaper and one could be waiting to be replaced.   I paid the same price but with Grizzley cutters I always had a sharp one  whereas with whiteside,  freud, etc. I could only afford one.   

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   charlesm | Sep 15, 2005 02:53pm | #2

   Street price for extra knives is more like $30(US) for a pair and they can be sharpened several times.

   Charles M

   Freud America, Inc.

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   Jameslmiller | Sep 15, 2005 03:03pm | #3

   Charles, will cutters be available for next 5 to years or so???  And how long has this system been around?  James

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   charlesm | Sep 15, 2005 03:56pm | #4

   James,They have been in production for at least 12 years and have been very successful. There are no plans to discontinue them.
   Charles M

   Freud America, Inc.

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   Jameslmiller | Sep 16, 2005 02:53pm | #5

   Charles is there any reason cutters wouldn't work with a bearing or rub collar either above or below for arch doors, and does freud make a bearing to match diameter of cutterhead??  James

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   charlesm | Sep 16, 2005 04:37pm | #6

   James,The rub collar for use with the RS1000/RS2000 is the RSC-3 (85mm OD)
   Charles M

   Freud America, Inc.

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   Jameslmiller | Sep 27, 2005 03:55am | #7

   bump

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   Steve50 | Sep 27, 2005 04:43am | #8

   James - I have had this system for going on 10 years and it works fine.  It is a well designed fully functional system.  I can't say that it cuts any better or worse than any other cutter I have but, I like the variety of profiles available.

   Steve

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   Jameslmiller | Sep 27, 2005 04:54am | #9

   Thanks for the reply steve, i'm pretty anal about cutter sharpness and send them in every 2 or 3 sets therfore I lose the fit pretty fast. I like the idea of replacement cutters instead of buying a whole new set every so often. I'll probably order a set.  Thanks again James