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Dave “We cut maple plywood everyday. Using a 1/4" straight cutter” I was re-reading posts and just noticed this… Gary Beckwith did recommend a...

>> Over the past two years, we've been cutting through 5/8" maple 1/4" at a time (5 passes) in conventional mode. Do you mean 5/4 maple? With...

Not confusing here. Good explanation. I did not know I could edit each pass independently from each other. Hmm... Onion Skin...Cool! Yep, will...

I seriously doubt there's much you can do to change the basic nature of the machine. The large area and the thin base would work together to...

another advantage to doing the climb cut is if your bit is getting dull and or the bit jams it will pull away from the part not into it.

Dave… Because climb cuts have less propensity to pull out splinters and since conventional cuts are smoother, I cut most of the depth as a climb cut...

mdf does move no matter what. but I find it moves less if you glue it to the vac table. it tends to stay flatter. keeping it thicker would help it...

I really get this and the great explanations offered. So... You guys are sending two file paths to cut. The first is a "Climb" cut at 1/32" deep....

So that has not solved the issue. Looking more closely I have noticed three separate errors. "Unexpected Return Fault", "Stop button hit", and the...

Dear Dave Those that have used hand routers with a fence will know that machining with the cutter (conventionally) the router and the fence...

Nice work , how long of cut time? (kool)

should have used osage orange. it it is a good job.

Sale Pending. The spare Vexta drive and the USB spindle RPM control are still up for sale though.

Another thing a climb cut does: because of the bit rotation and feed, the bit is pushed AWAY from the cut line. If you cut all but a tiny "skin" of...

Latest plaque. It is not through yet. Still needs stain for the letters and two final seal coats.

All good suggestions, keep 'em coming.

Really appreciate your explanation. I get it. Will have to try this. (Great help, Gary)

Due to geometry in tooling and the material, the direction of cut makes a big difference on the finish cut. Old rule of thumb " if the off-cut scrap...

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just do a web search if you know what model you want. If anyone has that model for sale it will show up. put used in your search though.

Thanks, garyb. Not sure why we would want to use a climb cut, though. "Google Search Time."

Its the direction of cut, Climb is clockwise on the outside counterclockwise on the inside, the opposite is conventional cut Gary

May I ask, please, what is a "Climb Cut?" Can that be explained? We cut maple plywood everyday. Using a 1/4" straight cutter. We drop down...

www.exfactory.com is about the largest used site. Another is www.theequipmenthub.com

I see... FWIW, I have a Canadian General 260 lathe (25" diameter swing) and very happy. Super sturdy machine. Not sure what you want to spend but...

I should of mentioned that I am looking for the newer Powermatic model 3520. I want to do some bowl turning and the old model 45s and 90s just don't...

Looks horrible but maybe with some some TLC: