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Saw blade, moulder and arbors...what to get?
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 8:15 am
by jm51
No arbors or saw blades came with my SS, just a dado set minus arbor.
I fancy having a molder head with glue joint knives, would let me reclaim a lot of scrap. What other knives would you consider worth having?
Also, what saw blade will give the cleanest cut in baltic birch plywood?
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 11:32 am
by JPG
jm51 wrote:No arbors or saw blades came with my SS, just a dado set minus arbor.
I fancy having a molder head with glue joint knives, would let me reclaim a lot of scrap. What other knives would you consider worth having?
Also, what saw blade will give the cleanest cut in baltic birch plywood?
Beware the moulder!!! It is a dangerous animal! Ok if treated with
respect!
FWIW, the moulder head
can be mounted directly to the quill shaft with no arbor!
You will need to make a fence attachment to allow moulder cutters to recess properly into the fence. Easily done!
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 3:54 pm
by Ron309753
I think you are confusing a molder with a shaper. I haven't used either yet, but as I understand it the molder is used to cut shapes into the face of a board, but the shaper is used to cut shapes on the edge of the board.
Also, how would you secure the molder head directly on the quill shaft since it doesn’t have a set screw like an arbor does?
Sincerely,
Ron309753
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 5:16 pm
by dusty
Ron309753 wrote:I think you are confusing a molder with a shaper. I haven't used either yet, but as I understand it the molder is used to cut shapes into the face of a board, but the shaper is used to cut shapes on the edge of the board.
Also, how would you secure the molder head directly on the quill shaft since it doesn’]
Sincerely,
Ron309753
The molder heads does attach direct to the 5/8" main shaft and is secured by a setscrew just as does an arbor.
http://www.shopsmith.com/ownersite/catalog/ms_molderhead.htm
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 6:18 pm
by Ron309753
Thanks Dusty and JPG, it's a good day when I learn something new!
Sincerely,
Ron309753
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 7:03 pm
by pennview
JM51, it's hard to recommend a specific saw blade because I'm not familiar with what's available in the UK. The other point being that Shopsmith arbors sold here in the U.S. are 5/8" in diameter, and perhaps over there you're using metric-sized arbors. So unless you can find blades with a 5/8" arbor hole, you may need to have them shipped from here. Perhaps your best bet would be to contact the Shopsmith distributor for the UK and see what's available.
For me, Freud makes a nice blade for plywood. Their LU85R 10" blade with 80 teeth cuts through plywood like butter.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 7:19 pm
by JPG
pennview wrote:JM51, it's hard to recommend a specific saw blade because I'm not familiar with what's available in the UK. The other point being that Shopsmith arbors sold here in the U.S. are 5/8" in diameter, and perhaps over there you're using metric-sized arbors. So unless you can find blades with a 5/8" arbor hole, you may need to have them shipped from here. Perhaps your best bet would be to contact the Shopsmith distributor for the UK and see what's available.
For me, Freud makes a nice blade for plywood. Their LU85R 10" blade with 80 teeth cuts through plywood like butter.
FWIW, a 16 mm hole is within 0.005 of 5/8".
Also the 'English' are the original source of inch/foot/pound!
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 8:41 pm
by SDSSmith
jm51 wrote:No arbors or saw blades came with my SS, just a dado set minus arbor.
I fancy having a molder head with glue joint knives, would let me reclaim a lot of scrap. What other knives would you consider worth having?
Also, what saw blade will give the cleanest cut in baltic birch plywood?
I have and like this Freud blade for BB plywood. I have not tried the 60 tooth thin kerf version.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 9:26 pm
by pennview
JPG, if you take a look (as I did) at some blades available in the UK, you'll see that arbor holes of 30mm and 20mm seem to be the norm. I didn't see any 5/8" ones, but then I didn't look too deeply. Freud UK doesn't show the same blades the sell here, but perhaps you can do an exhaustive search on the subject and get back to us.
Posted: Mon May 02, 2011 10:54 pm
by JPG
pennview wrote:JPG, if you take a look (as I did) at some blades available in the UK, you'll see that arbor holes of 30mm and 20mm seem to be the norm. I didn't see any 5/8" ones, but then I didn't look too deeply. Freud UK doesn't show the same blades the sell here, but perhaps you can do an exhaustive search on the subject and get back to us.
Did not know that! Not sure I would know where to look!;)