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Proper Grinding and Maintenance -- Will Increase Moulder Tool Life

Good grinding and maintenance help increase moulder life. February 23, 2001

Grinding Your Own Moulder Knives

Here's a long, rich thread covering many aspects of moulder knife grinding. October 2, 2005

Troubleshooting problems when moulding MDF

A detailed discussion of challenges in getting a smooth finish when putting profiles on MDF material. February 13, 2001

Cutterhead balance

Solving the problem of a vibrating planer/moulder. January 16, 2002

Cutterhead Knife Angle

Long and detailed discussion of knife grinding, focusing on back bevel and side clearance. February 19, 2006

Basic Tips on Profile Grinding

Basic tips on knife grinding for a beginner playing catch-up. November 26, 2008

Creating a High-Traffic Wood-Shop Website

Tips on how to make your company website draw traffic and rate high on search engines. June 28, 2007

Preventing Rust When Milling Wet Material

A discussion of lubricants and cleaners for preventing rust on machinery. August 14, 2007

Milling Wood Flooring on a Shaper

Extensive advice on how to make hardwood strip flooring on a cabinet-shop shaper. April 19, 2006

Antique, unsafe shaper knives

Safety and operational issues regarding shaper heads. April 4, 2001

Tooling for Teak

Teak is hard and abrasive, and takes its toll on knives and blades. This long, informative thread delves into the heavy-duty tooling choices for handling extra-hard woods, and also touches on useful techniques for working with teak. December 1, 2005

Keeping cutterhead balance

Number of knives and other factors in cutterhead balance. (From WOODWEB's Solid Wood Machining Forum) March 5, 2003

Modifying a Moulder to Run a Deep Profile

Trying to push a moulder to perform outside the limits of its original design can result in serious injury. January 29, 2009

Milling Reclaimed Heart Pine Lumber

Advice on knives, cleanup, safety, and more, for an operation to mill resawn old pine timbers into mouldings. December 15, 2005

Jointing knives of a side-head planer

Choosing and using the proper stone when jointing knives used in a side-head planer. November 7, 2000

Troubleshooting Moulder Head Vibration

Many things could potentially throw a moulder head out of balance. Here, pros discuss the possible causes of excessive vibration. August 23, 2005

Better moulder finish quality

Eliminating snipe on mouldings. August 13, 2002

Freeing a Welded (Spun) Head

Here's a long and detailed thread about the various approaches that may work when a cutterhead has been welded to a spindle. February 15, 2009

Setting Up a Six-Head Moulder for Machining Tall Baseboard

Here's a detailed discussion of how to arrange the top knives for cutting of the flat and the profiled part of tall, highly detailed baseboard mouldings. March 31, 2008

Troubleshooting Chatter And Snipe

Is it a knife grinding issue or a moulder set-up problem? April 10, 2005

Equipment for Cutting Knife Steel

Cutting with plasma versus grinding wheels. January 16, 2004

Shaper Cutter Choices

A small shop owner who has just purchased his first shaper gets advice on his cutterhead options. December 1, 2005

Moulder chatter

Moulder operators help troubleshoot the problem. January 16, 2002

Troubleshooting Moulder Tearout

Pros help a shop owner figure out the problem with his moulder. October 8, 2005

Net present value

Making the correct calculations when buying machinery. June 24, 2002

Mounting a Sawblade on a Moulder

It's a workable way to make multiple moldings at one pass, but it calls for special safety accessories. March 3, 2006

More Thoughts on Grinding Moulder Knives

Pros add to an earlier discussion about whether, when, and how to grind your own knives. October 2, 2005

Hand-Honing Tips for Cutter Knives

Remarks on honing and deburring cutterhead edges, and some thoughts on knife materials and performance. April 30, 2006

Custom pressure shoes for moulders

A discussion of home-made and custom-ordered pressure shoes for special profiles. August 12, 2001

Using jointing attachment on moulder

Proper methods for jointing knives on a moulder, and myths concerning their sharpening. February 28, 2001

Grinding Wheels for Carbide Knives

Advice on grinding wheel choices and grinding techniques for carbide tooling. March 9, 2010

Gang Ripping on a Moulder

Tips for making short work of multiple rips. February 27, 2005

Machining Jatoba

Like other tropical hardwoods, jatoba is high in silicates and wears out knives quickly. Here is some advice on tooling and other aspects of working with jatoba. November 18, 2006

Cutter Choices

Carbide cutters, insert knives, or high speed steel? Pros weigh in on the options. August 31, 2005

Splitting Moulding Profiles

Technical advice on running two profiles on a single piece of stock, and splitting the pieces as they come off the machine. November 12, 2008

Belt Tension on Moulder

Pros troubleshoot a belt-slippage problem during a new moulder's break-in period. August 31, 2005

Reducing Bandsaw Speed

Changing pulley size, using an inverter to slow the motor speed, or switching to a blade rated for higher speeds are all options. October 30, 2005

Taking a Business to the Next Level

A question about equipment investment turns into a thoughtful seminar on marketing, pricing, and finding your niche. November 10, 2005

Fine-Tuning a Small Moulder

Less expensive equipment may need more attention to perform up to snuff. Here are some detailed tips on "tweaking" the machinery. October 14, 2006

Troubleshooting Out-of-Square Moulders

Follow the saga of a woodworker trying to solve the puzzle of not one, but two, out-of-square moulders on the shop floor. April 30, 2009

Panel Goods and Cutter Life

A search for melamine-faced MDF leads to a long discussion on the way different types of panel materials wear out tools. February 14, 2006

Multiple Dowel Moulders

Dedicated machinery to make more than one dowel at a time is an unusual application. Here's a detailed thread on the ins and outs of it. July 3, 2008

Tooling for a Five-Head Moulder

Advice on spiral cutterheads for quick, clean production of S4S stock. August 31, 2009

Troubleshooting a Noisy Moulder

Experts chip in to help diagnose a moulder that makes a growling sound for mysterious reasons. October 4, 2007

Buying Equipment Versus Leasing

Comparing the advantages and disadvantages of leasing or purchasing shop equipment. February 6, 2010

Axial Constant Grinding: Is It Worth It?

A discussion on the costs and benefits of switching to an axial constant system on moulder and shaper knives. August 18, 2009

Choosing a moulder

Jointed- vs. non-jointed-head moulders; choosing the right machine for a custom moulding business. November 21, 2000

Creating templates for moulder knives

Thoughts on producing templates for cutting moulder knives. June 14, 2000

Moulding Cutters for a Shaper

A newcomer seeks advice on tooling up to make mouldings on a shaper. In a long discussion, pros explain some of the options. August 31, 2005

Do Phone-Book Ads Work?

Forum-goers say networking and an Internet presence pull in far more leads than their Yellow Pages ads, these days. October 3, 2006

Eliminating Snipe on Mouldings

Looking for the cause of moulder snipe, an operator finds his solution in a custom-fabricated chipbreaker. March 13, 2007

Four-Side Planer Versus Moulder

A discussion of the relative capabilities of four-side moulders and planers for straightening, smoothing, and cutting profiles. May 12, 2005

Rx For Bending Wood

Dr. Gene Wengert offers advice on bending solid lumber in production applications. 1998.

Warping, Bowing and Cupping of Moulding Batches

Expert input on what could make fresh runs of moulding move in unwanted ways. October 2, 2005

Increasing moulder knife life

Increasing length of runs between sharpenings. March 21, 2002

Open or Sealed Bearings?

A shop owner struggles with a decision about after-market bearings for an older Italian moulder. March 4, 2009

Surfacing curly woods

The best machinery and tooling to handle the job. October 9, 2002

Improving Moulder Efficiency

Two guys have their hands full trying to satisfy a busy shop's moulding needs. Here, they get some advice on how to streamline their operation. March 29, 2006

Machining crown moulding

What's the best way to run crown moulding? May 2, 2001

High-speed jointing head moulders

Are these machines practical for a custom moulding business? June 13, 2001

Milling Flooring from Old Barn Boards

With carbide moulder blades, it's no big deal — but check carefully for nails. May 13, 2005

Tolerance For Knife Stock Thickness

A discussion of thickness variations in moulder and planer knife blank material, and the attendant problems for custom-ground knives. April 27, 2007

How Much Over-Width Should Stock Be Ripped?

A discussion of ripping precision, straight-line ripsaw performance, and how much extra width to allow in order to compensate for wood movement. January 8, 2010

Troubleshooting Moulder Head Movement

Pros help figure out the problem with a moulder's top head. September 28, 2006

Training for a Moulder Operator

Hands-on professional training is vital for anyone setting out to operate ond of these complicated and powerful machines. May 12, 2005

Cutting M2 Knife Steel

Is burning the steel while cutting a concern? January 16, 2004

Whether to Make Your Own Moulder Knives

Info on how to grind moulder knives, and thoughts on whether it's worth the time and cost to do so. December 30, 2007

Hardened or Coated-Steel Knife Material

Use and value considerations of plasma-coated or hardened cutters. August 30, 2007

Helical cutterheads

Surface quality compared to other cutterheads. November 18, 2002

Running Baseboard and Casing in One Pass

Can you run baseboard moulding or casing on a four-head moulder, using the first knife to create the necessary back-relief? October 14, 2006

Increasing RPMs and Feed Speed on a Jointer Moulder

In theory, upping the RPMs and feed speeds at the same time will allow faster production with the same number of knife marks per inch. However, there are a few practical cautions to keep in mind. February 27, 2007

Truing-up rough wood

Planers will not remove the bow from rough stock; jointing is required before boards can be properly thicknessed. February 13, 2001

Infeed Systems for Moulders

A moulding manufacturer wants to set up a continuous infeed system for one of his machines. He gets tips and advice on what works and what doesn't. July 13, 2005

Wood getting stuck in planer

Some possible causes and solutions to the problem of wet wood getting stuck in a planer. June 14, 2000

Bevel-Edge Delamination with MDF

Troubleshooting an adhesion problem with laminate and MDF: is it the glue, or the substrate? October 12, 2009

Troubleshooting Tearout With Maple Flooring

Check sharpening, settings, feed rates, and more. April 10, 2005

Setting up a powerfeeder

The care and use of powerfeeders. November 7, 2000

Understanding Carbide Planer Knives

A question about planer knives that can hold an edge with exotic hardwoods leads to a detailed explanation about quality grades in the carbide knife market. June 9, 2007

Planer is tearing-out -- on white oak, but not red

What could be the culprit when a planer is tearing out on one type of oak, but not another? June 14, 2000

Pros and Cons of Insert Tooling

Woodworker considering insert cutters for making raised-panel door parts gets advice about his options. June 30, 2007

Keeping the Knife Collection Organized

A place for every cutter, and every cutter in its place — but how? Pros suggest ways to categorize and file cutter heads. March 3, 2006

Motor for a Shop-Built Lathe

Pros discuss torque, RPMs, cooling, and other technical issues for the motor of a custom-designed lathe. May 27, 2006

Working with hickory

How to get around the difficult machining characteristics of hickory. July 24, 2001

Setting Shaper Cutter Height Accurately

Techniques to consistently set up shaper cutters at the correct height. January 27, 2007

Tuning Up a Small Moulder

Advice on getting the best finish possible from a small moulder. May 21, 2009

Balancing Drill-Holes on Tooling

Cutterheads may be balanced at the factory by drilling small holes to remove weight. But that won't salvage a poor-quality cutter. September 10, 2007

Wire edge on planer knives

Tips for deburring freshly ground planer knives. January 24, 2001

Spiral planer heads

Descriptions, pros and cons of different kinds of planer heads, with an emphasis on the spiral type. June 13, 2001

Re-Surfacing Old Painted Boards

It may not be worth the risk of exposing your planer to damage. But there are other ways. January 27, 2007

4-Head or 5-Head Moulder?

A 5-head or even a 6-head moulder is more versatile and produces better quality. November 8, 2007

Grinding Wheel Glazing

Tips to minimize the problem of knife-grinding wheels loading up with metal during use. September 17, 2008

Chip-out from a year-old moulder

The moulder had worked perfectly for a year when all of a sudden, chip-out reared its ugly face. June 14, 2000

Snipe Problem with a Four-Head Moulder

A mis-adjusted upper pressure bar is probably the source of trouble in this sniping story. November 18, 2006

Rip saw and moulder methods

Using a ripsaw and moulder to machine solid wood panels. July 24, 2001

Profit sharing plans

Developing a plan where employee compensation is linked to productivity. June 24, 2001

Multi-Profile Knives and Heads

Shop owner gets advice on finding appropriate cutter heads for a set of nice knives (manufacturer unknown). Included are some set-up tips. July 13, 2005

Moulder set-up

Basic guidelines for setting controls. October 24, 2001

Burnt Cutters and Tool Life

"Burning" or overheating a cutter edge, during grinding or regular use, can significantly degrade the service life of the tool. February 24, 2008

Avoiding router tear-out

Eliminating tear-out when routing the edges of stiles. February 13, 2001

Moulding maple versus oak

Why such problematic tearout on one and not the other? September 23, 2003

Bandsaw Tire Refurbishing Cost

New tires for an old bandsaw ain't cheap. May 13, 2005

Rabbeting Knives for a Moulder

Tooling suggestions to enable clean rabbet cuts, without burn marks on the shoulders. March 3, 2006

Troubleshooting Snipe when Running Flooring

Experts advise on causes and cures of moulder snipe. November 26, 2008

Correct Spelling of "Curtate Trochoids"

Clearing up the confusion about these ubiquitous machining marks called curtate trochoids. That's why we call it the "Knowledge Base," folks. You can't learn this stuff at those other websites. August 15, 2007

Tear-Out Problems with Cherry

Tips on tuning up machinery to minimize tear-out when making end-matched wood strip flooring. May 16, 2008

Choosing shaper tooling

Making the most of a new spindle shaper. Includes advice on grinding knives. November 7, 2000

Tooling for Laminated Flooring

Machining a clean profile on the plywood core of engineered flooring pieces is tricky. June 8, 2008

Dowel making

Machines and techniques used in dowel making. June 13, 2001

Diamond Wheel Wear while Grinding Carbide Knives

Diamond grinding wheels can fail prematurely for different (preventable) reasons. April 11, 2008

Planer vs. spiral insert heads -- for planers

Which provides the best finish--a planer type or a spiral insert knife head? January 16, 2001

Mounting a Ripsaw Blade on a Four-Head Moulder

Some moulders are set up to allow ripping, but there are safety issues to consider. March 31, 2008

Smooth-back moulding head set-up

Ideas for setting up an older, smooth-back type moulding head. June 14, 2000

Gang vs. straight line rip saws

Cutting straight blanks efficiently. January 16, 2001

Troubleshooting Carbide Insert Cutter Breakage

In this case, someone probably hit a nail. But the discussion includes a useful list of possible causes to investigate. February 9, 2008

Machining Alder

Tips on hook angle, feed speed, and more. February 19, 2006

Gauging Moulder Belt Tension

Tips on how to set and maintain proper belt tension. October 30, 2005

Boosting voltage with a transformer

Guidelines for increasing voltage through the use of a transformer. January 31, 2001

Grinding knives to match mouldings

Why knife templates don't match the finished product. January 24, 2001

Jointing moulder knives

How to get good results when jointing straight knives. January 31, 2001

Sharpening Insert Tooling

Some insert-type cutterheads can be sharpened once or twice, but it's a tricky process that can create complications. July 30, 2007

Running Synthetic Trim Materials Through a Moulder

Advice on running plastic trim stock through a moulder. July 28, 2006

Fuzz and Tearout with Soft Maple

What's causing machining problems with soft maple? Could be the hook setting, the knife angle, or just too high a moisture content. July 13, 2005

Machine Top Protection

For protecting saw tables and similar machine surfaces between uses, a heavy coat of paste wax works. Other suggestions are also offered in this thread. November 13, 2005

Waste factors in floor manufacturing

The amount of wood wasted from rough to finished flooring may surprise you. January 24, 2001

Busting Off a Siezed-Up Nut

Can't budge that nut? Better to cut it. October 26, 2007

HSS vs. carbide jointer knives

Pros and cons of both types of blades. October 24, 2001

Setting up a new planer

Pointers and tolerances for setting up a new 20-inch planer. June 14, 2000

Getting clean cuts on dimensioned parts

Tips to reduce chips and tear-out when shaping dimensioned parts. June 14, 2000

Techniques for making tapered rips

Various machine and jig options for producing large quantities of tapered parts are offered . January 9, 2001

Hook Angle for Large Radius Cutters

To cut the right profile, very large cutters need special attention to hook angle. September 10, 2007

Jointing of Carbide Knives

Tips on the best technique for jointing carbide cutters. January 14, 2008

Are Cryogenic Tool Treatments for Real?

Ultra-cold treatments make claims for improving tool hardness and increasing life, but this thread provides no testimonials. December 1, 2005

Embossed mouldings

A discussion of various elements in the manufacture of embossed moulding. June 14, 2000

ATS Measuring Stand Repair

Tips on repairing or replacing the caliper device on a moulder'smachining, accuracy, set-up, milling, cutting, shaping, joints, joinery, cutters, heads, knives, sharpening, automatic tool-setting stand. May 13, 2005

Running Resawn Moulding

Tips on resawing wood and running it through the moulder. April 27, 2007

Planer Chipping, Flaking, Tearout

Possible causes - and solutions - for a poor surfacing result with ash. February 27, 2005

Jigs for setting planer knives

Accessories for setting planer knives in the cutterhead. June 14, 2000

Running a Moulder with One Sharp Knife and a Balancer

One knife on a moulder head can do all the cutting, but it's a tricky arrangement to set up right. November 12, 2008

Warping after planing

Causes for the warping of boards after they are planed flat. June 13, 2001

Choosing tooling for MDF moulding

Using carbide tooling on MDF in planer/moulder machines. November 21, 2000

Milling Moulding from Exotic Hardwoods

Carbide tooling helps when tackling these very hard wood species. May 13, 2005

Can I Run Corrugated Knives in a Flat-Knife Moulder Head?

Don't run moulders using knives that aren't designed for that moulder. It's unsafe. February 27, 2007

Constant profiler recalibrating : Common?

The owner of a new Profilmat wonders if his need to constantly recalibrate it is common. June 14, 2000

Need advice on shaper head purchase

A comparison of different types of shaper heads. June 14, 2000

Touching Up Carbide Planer Knives

A diamond honer can touch up the edge on a carbide cutter. April 27, 2007

Troubleshooting Nicks in Moulder Knives

Newly ground knives can be damaged right away by hard mineral deposits within some hardwoods. Here's advice on knife material choices that could help avoid the problem. June 11, 2010

Troubleshooting Uneven Pitch Marks from a Jointer

Pros suggest possible fixes for a jointer that's creating uneven pitch marks on lumber. May 18, 2010

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