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   SgianDubh | Jan 05, 2004 03:29am | #1

   Daft question, maybe. Which way are the teeth pointing? Slainte.

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   Sphere | Jan 05, 2004 04:04am | #3

   NO...He has a Guillotine type miter trimmer...like a LYON. blades are like a big knife that slides and SLICES a vetry thin slice.

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   SgianDubh | Jan 05, 2004 10:09am | #6

   Ha, ha. That confirms it was a daft question. Slainte.Website

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   mcafee7 | Jan 05, 2004 05:45pm | #8

   Like sphere said, it has two knife blades, no teeth.

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   artw | Jan 05, 2004 03:39am | #2

   Is the motor running in the wrong direction?

   Ken K

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   Sphere | Jan 05, 2004 04:04am | #4

   Like I said to Slainte.

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   Sphere | Jan 05, 2004 04:07am | #5

   Is the flat of the blade towards the bed? if reversed it won't cut it.  Did you HONE it or Grind it? Both? NO backbevel..never. No wire edge..ever.  rehone might solve it if ya have a dulle dge.

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   mcafee7 | Jan 05, 2004 05:52pm | #9

   The flat edge is toward the bed, I honed it, no grinding, no backbevel. Its razor sharp. It cuts like a hot knife through butter.  It just wants to push the wood away from the blade, even if I clamp the piece.  Its crazy!

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   eddiefromAustralia | Jan 05, 2004 11:01am | #7

   Mac,

   The mitre trimmer should niether pull your work into the cut or push it out as the blade's moving - the trimmer needs a dead straight cut to be successful, which means that the workpiece stays anchored against the fence while the cut is made.

   How much honing did you do to the blade? sounds as though the honing's not square to the face of the blade.

   If it isn't square, I wouldn't play around any more - take it to your local saw doctor, give them approx USD10 and get them to re-square.  Far quicker and easier option (this is about what a resharpen would cost here)

   Cheers,

   eddie

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   mcafee7 | Jan 05, 2004 06:05pm | #10

   One side is honed flat, the other at a 30 degree bevel.  I'm not sure what you mean when you said 'not square to the face of the blade'.  It worked just fine before I honed it.  How could removing a thousandth of an inch throw everything out of wack?  Is this thing that sensitive?  Am I the only one who ever took the time to sharpen one of these things and run into this?  One good thing about this.......I've learned some new swear words that I can use on future projects!!

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   Tao | Jan 05, 2004 06:54pm | #11

   There appear to be only two possibilities:

   Either you effectively have a back bevel on the knife from honing, or the knife isn't seated properly on the cutter head.  These machines are finicky, and even .001 can make a difference.

   Take the knife back out and get every bit if dust off the knife and its bed.  Check for burrs, and re-install the knife.  If there are torque specifications, follow them; otherwise snug the fasteners down evenly.  They can distort the blades if tightened improperly.

   If that doesn't do the job, do as Eddie said. Take it to someone who regularly does knives for paper shears.  Those knives generally come back sharp enough to literally shave a curl off a hair, and perfectly flat.

   Michael R

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   mcafee7 | Jan 10, 2004 03:57am | #13

   Well Woodwiz, you were right.  I started thinking about what you said and the possibility of a back bevel seemed like a plausable explaination.  I checked the blade with a magnifying glass and there it was, a small, unintentional, back bevel!  I honed off the bevel and the trimmer works just fine.  Thanks.

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   Tao | Jan 10, 2004 06:35pm | #14

   Cool.  Thanks for the feedback.

   Michael R.

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   eddiefromAustralia | Jan 05, 2004 10:05pm | #12

   No, you're not the only one,

   picture framers do this all the time.

   All they touch is the bevelled part of the blade. My apologies here - I'm used to a blade that's a square edge.

   Follow Michael's advice - sounds as though the cutting face isn't square as I said earlier but don't sweat at it too long - if you can't get it, take the  blade to a saw doctor.

   Cheers,

   eddie