You should be able to figure out a collar/plastic shim combo so you don’t have to raise or lower the cutter head.

Adam,

thanks for the infinity tip. i've stayed away from their stuff since i had several router bits turn out to be junk and i started using more industrial tooling. But for a similar price to the amana cutter,and a one time use, this seems like a good option. it is surprisingly in-obvious the cutters are interchangeable in the head.

i don't need shims or any other jiggery-pokery since i got a digital rise indicator on the shaper. a life changing upgrade. repeatably accurate to .002". it has eliminated tons of scrap test cuts and given me hours of my life back. No major tool enters the shop now if i can get it digital.

I gave up on Amana a couple of decades ago. Back in the day it was seen as the Pro stuff and Freud is for the amateurs. I could walk into the local builders supply and they stocked the whole range of Amana router bits. . The Amana router bits are no better than any others. I would probably buy a Freud over an Amana at this point. The Amana insert tooling is really nice quality. I’ve got a couple of their helical patterns with a ball bearing collar. Amana’s brazeon cutters are nothing special. I would buy a Freud brazeon before an Amana. They have better newer geometry.

Freeborns are like “they are what they should be“. High quality nothing special about the carbide or geometry. Readily available, excellent customer service, fair price, made in the USA.

I wouldn’t buy an Amana saw blade(I’ve had about 6) They have D10 carbide which wears out way faster than C4. It’s obvious.

Just my experience. We’ve been a small to medium shop for 30 years.

I have never used Amana anything I don’t believe, maybe the odd router bit, because Richelieu sells their stuff, most of the router bits I buy are froM Lee Valley, or Frued. I don’t use a lot of router bits anymore.
Most of my shaper cutters are Royce, but like Karl said I would never buy a 2 wing cutter, regardless of the brand. I would also only use insert tooling. I would spend a little more on the cutter heads and they will last you forever. I bought a two wing set quite a few years ago and used it on one job and threw it in a drawer it did such a crappy job. Every time I open that drawer I get disgusted as it was $700 with the inserts.