My new favorite tool

pescadoman

pescadoman

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I live within walking distance of a carbide sharpening shop and have a good relationship with the guys that work there. Anyway I know the Tina blades are popular for trimming tips flush and I was asking them about options.

Paul says "wait a minute" and walks into other shop in back(front is all CNC, including a new 5 axis to make custom cutters) and hands me a cutoff from a planer.

Voila, tip trimming made, it seems, foolproof(which is really good for me)!!

This knife is carbide edged, but he said HSS can be made sharper. All I know is it works very well.

If you'd like one to try, let me know. I'll give one or two out at my discretion, as I'd like to get some people buying these from them. They are super cool and I'd like to get them even more business(they are already busy. Their sharpeners seem to be going all the time).

They also made a custom ground blade for my cnc shaft machine that works great!

I don't think I can mention the business name here, so PM me for details.
 

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would love to try one myself. Love to try new options. Would like to be one of the couple you're willing to give out.
 
I suppose I'm bumping my own thread here, but I've had more than enough replies. I'll be in touch with those I'm sending blades too shortly.

They are simply planer knives. These particular ones are carbide and considerably more expensive than HSS. They spec out at around 3.80x1x1/8. You won't find 1 inch wide shorter than 6 inches long as far as I can tell and they run about 76.00+shipping a set(3) from what I've seen. HSS is 25 bucks or so for a set(3). These were cutoffs from a much larger blade that was spec'd to size. The cutting was done on an EDM and is clean.

I'm not knocking the Tina blade, I just happen to know some nice people in the carbide/HSS sharpening, designing, and producing business.
 
I'd be happy to try one out. Any idea how long they'd last before re-sharpening?
 
ELBeau said:
I'd be happy to try one out. Any idea how long they'd last before re-sharpening?
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No. If you don't drop them, probably a long time. I haven't touched the blade on my Porper tailstock tip shaper and it still works like new. I normally don't need to rotate my Indexible cutters until I chip one somehow. I normally drop the holder when switching tools.

I'm thinking HSS might be better, as one could sharpen with normal tools.

The best part of these for me is not having to try and the angle right on a utility blade. I put the thing on a small piece of bar stock(like what tiger's youtube is) to keep it steady and then lay the flat piece on top of the ferrule. One swoop and it's done.

The only thing to do now is to wait for Thomas Wayne to say he came up with the idea 25 years ago!:D

People have been asking how much for these. They would run about 21.00(I'll talk to him Monday if there is enough interest) shipped a piece if they were made. Essentially, they buy a longer knife and cut it with the EDM.

I want to get a few of these out there for positive results. Last thing I want to have happen is alot of unhappy people. I just used one to cut the carbon pad and a tip on an OB cue and it worked great! Just steady it with some round stock(I suppose you could free hand it, but the tool post thing aids in the idiot proofing) in the tool post, support the back of the ferrule while you cut, cut...done. You'd really have to try hard to mess up. The flat rides on the ferrule and cuts true regardless of the concentricity.

If you bought a set of 6x1x1/8 they would run 85-100.00
 
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pescadoman said:
No. If you don't drop them, probably a long time. I haven't touched the blade on my Porper tailstock tip shaper and it still works like new. I normally don't need to rotate my Indexible cutters until I chip one somehow. I normally drop the holder when switching tools.

I'm thinking HSS might be better, as one could sharpen with normal tools.

The best part of these for me is not having to try and the angle right on a utility blade. I put the thing on a small piece of bar stock(like what tiger's youtube is) to keep it steady and then lay the flat piece on top of the ferrule. One swoop and it's done.

The only thing to do now is to wait for Thomas Wayne to say he came up with the idea 25 years ago!:D

People have been asking how much for these. They would run about 21.00(I'll talk to him Monday if there is enough interest) shipped a piece if they were made. Essentially, they buy a longer knife and cut it with the EDM.

I want to get a few of these out there for positive results. Last thing I want to have happen is alot of unhappy people. I just used one to cut the carbon pad and a tip on an OB cue and it worked great! Just steady it with some round stock(I suppose you could free hand it, but the tool post thing aids in the idiot proofing) in the tool post, support the back of the ferrule while you cut, cut...done. You'd really have to try hard to mess up. The flat rides on the ferrule and cuts true regardless of the concentricity.

If you bought a set of 6x1x1/8 they would run 85-100.00
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Would that be 3 in a set and carbide?
 
Love one

I would like to buy one, I don't mind paying. Pm me if I can get one also. Thanks :wink:
 
jkan101 said:
Would that be 3 in a set and carbide?
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yes...carbide.

I got all my numbers off the web, except for the 21.00 a piece for the 4 inchers.

All of the cutters, plus..., that I planned on mailing out are spoken for. I may have some in the future, but I don't know.

I'll visit them tomorrow and get firm numbers on cost/shipping for HSS(which can be sharpened at home) as well.
 
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Hidy Ho said:
Googling "Tina Blade" gets very interesting result ... :grin:
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That's funny! I didn't make it to the end of the thread and wondered what in the world a "Tina blade" was. Still not sure what you guys mean, but Tina does get around.
 
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