I usually recommend that new owners get the 30mm spindle with the shaper,
unless they already own a number of 1.25" cutters. The 30mm cutters are
available from a number of US manufacturers or US offices of European
manufacturers. However, the best prices are the Leitz cutters that Felder
USA sells. I think Charlie Norton did a price comparison between Felder and
LeitzUSA and Felder was much less expensive. Felder is starting to sell some
1.25" cutters but these cost a little more than the 30mm.
I don't think you'd ever need the 40 or 50mm bore cutters unless you
were into some heavy duty continuous manufacturing of large moldings or
window and door frames. The Felder catalog lists one set of cutters at 40mm
for window and door manufacturing. This set runs almost $4000.
Sometime soon the new year 2000 catalog will be available in English. In
the meantime usually most of the normal cutters available that are in the
big Leitz Lexicon can be acquired through FelderUSA. For something really
special, SS Schmidt in NJ, will make up anything you can think of. They did
this for a huge cutterhead for Mike Simmons(Geoff Shepherd bought his
BF6-31) From what I understand this cutter was about 5" high and 8" in
diameter.
Take care,
John Renzetti
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----- Original Message -----
From: dolsid <dolsid@...>
To: <felder-woodworking@...>
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 1:37 PM
Subject: [felder-woodworking] Re: Shaper spindle
Seth: I am in the same boat. I didn't know "come here from sic'em" about
shapers I ordered an 1.25 inch spindle assuming that is was a US standard
and found Felder did do that size of cutters. I hit the net and found
several suppliers in the States so will probably shop here. If I find
that
I "must have" a Felder cutter will pony up for a 30mm since I understand
it
is a standard in Europe and that the 40mm is used when spindle deflection
is
a potential problem. I assume that a larger motor would be in order for
the
heavier duty cutters that would go on the 40mm.-----
