Well just to be the odd duck I have been doing this for almost 50 years and have never ever used a router table sorry I guess I am a very very bad boy.?
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On Jan 24, 2017, at 1:51 PM, John
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That was sort of my point in our on going discussions, I really couldn't give a rat ass what people spend their hard or nots so hard money on, but quite often they get sold something that they really don't need. Where if they stepped back for a second they could get what they really need and the tooling and still have enough leftover from a cup of coffee.?
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Date: 2017-01-24 2:33 PM (GMT-05:00)
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David,
I was assuming the TSS holders were as much as a Royal holder.
Freeborn shaper cutters are pretty inexpensive. ?I bought a 3/8¡± cove cutter from California Carbide for around $60. ?
I agree with you though. Being an owner of a Profile 45 X-motion it does not seem practical to use it for router bits for the most part. ?If one wants to use router bits then it might be the wrong machine for the person.
Not sure I agree Joe. ?The individual tool holders on the TSS system are only $20. ? At that kind of price point, the idea might fly. ? I¡¯m not suggesting I¡¯m a devotee of router bits as an alternative to shaper cutters, but if you need a specific cutter profile for occasional use, a throw away router bit and a $20 holder for it is way more cost effective than a $500 shaper cutter. ? Last time I had a knife set made for the Universal Head it was $120. ? Shaper tooling can¡¯t compete with commodity router bits for the unique profile used occasionally. ??
This is all moot anyway - Felder isn¡¯t going to innovate here, they¡¯d prefer to sell shaper tooling than enable router bit use, and their CNC positioning shaper equipment don¡¯t have a fence that will properly position for a router bit use, and the spindles don¡¯t run at 25K RPM. ? Yet another Unicorn. ? :-)
David Best
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David,
It seems to me that it would be cheaper to buy shaper cutters than holders for a bunch of router bits. ?Shaper cutters are easy to index and program with the profile x-motion.
Joe in New Orleans?
