Spindle cutters query

[meccarroll]

Hi all got these cutters from ebay a long while back and not used them yet I made the purchase on impulse as I just decided to stock up on my cutter rang.

They seem to be cutters and limiters, limiters on the left as they are slightly smaller and cutters on the right. edit: Just noticed that they have marks indicating just that.

If they are cutters and limiters to use them as shown in the picture you would have to run a spindle moulder backward. So I'm guessing they may be intended to be inserted as the next picture:





It's not usual to have a cutter inserted in the above manner in a spindle moulder block so does anyone have a clue as to the original use for these cutters?

They will fit in a multico 125 x 55mm cutter block and run clockwise but they are not 4mm only 3mm so maybe not for scribing.

 

[Mike Jordan]

As you say they look like an item made for a specific use and they obviously produce an ovolo
Perhaps they are intended to run in a stack with a rebate block?

 

[meccarroll]

As you say they look like an item made for a specific use and they obviously produce an ovolo
Perhaps they are intended to run in a stack with a rebate block?

That's interesting Mike, I did not give that a thought:

Below on the right is a 10mm ovolo cutter intended for a spindle moulder block (noemal run) middle is a cutter also for a 10mm ovolo but it is narrower so it can be stacked with a 125mm rebate block to produce a mould and rebate in one pass.

The cutter in question is also narrow, I'll set it up later to see how that would work (stacked).

 

[Trevanion]

If they are intended for a stack that would leave you with quite a large flat area before the rebate, not impossible but seems unlikely to me.

If I had to guess, they might be tenoning scribe cutters for a cavetto moulded article of joinery. To fit either in the bottom head of a Multico tenoner as that would be the way the head turns, or the top head of a Sedgwick or similar machine.

 

[Mike Jordan]

I recognise the double sided cutter in the centre since have some very similar

 

[meccarroll]

I recognise the double sided cutter in the centre since have some very similarView attachment 31514View attachment 31517View attachment 31518

I use the same setup when possible Mike. Very handy combining the 125mm rebate block with the 96mm spindle block to obtain the correct rebate combo. Speeds up the machine time too when you can stack them together, not sure if the combo works on my Kity spindle due to spindle projection but it does on my Rojek spindle.

I see you still using the Dewalt RAS, it used to be one of my main items for tenons in the early days and was perfect for cutting stiles and rails to lenght for repete work when tenoning. I have put mine away at the moment to save space as I use my chop saw now but if I had a need to do a lot of production work I'd probly pull it out again. Great machine to have in a busy workshop.

 

[meccarroll]

If they are intended for a stack that would leave you with quite a large flat area before the rebate, not impossible but seems unlikely to me.

If I had to guess, they might be tenoning scribe cutters for a cavetto moulded article of joinery. To fit either in the bottom head of a Multico tenoner as that would be the way the head turns, or the top head of a Sedgwick or similar machine.

Yes although they look like ovolo and could produce an ovolo they could also be used as scribes in the bottom multico tenon block. As you say the quirk (flat) looks rather larger than normal. I'm now thinking they may have been made for a one off job which I will never get to find out about.

I have some other cutters which I have purchased along the years and they are just as mistifying.

 

[Trevanion]

I have some other cutters which I have purchased along the years and they are just as mistifying.

I have stacks of serrated cutters of all shapes and sizes that I’ve bought in big job lots, a lot of the cutters are very unusual shapes and of little use day-to-day, but they can be re-ground for other work. As you say, probably for one-offs and then never touched again.