keysinthecity Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Any recommendations on whether a carbide cutter is worth the investment for my cylinder cutting machine? The difference in price is 400% but if it lasts a LOT longer between needing a new blade then I guess it's worth the investment! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broms Cobb Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 in my opinion NO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt@Silca Posted October 14, 2015 Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Any recommendations on whether a carbide cutter is worth the investment for my cylinder cutting machine? The difference in price is 400% but if it lasts a LOT longer between needing a new blade then I guess it's worth the investment! Carbide cutters will stay sharper for much longer, however be sure that the machine you fit them to is set up correctly for their use. If for instance, they are to be fitted to a Unocode machine, then you would also need to swap the pulleys around so that the cutter runs at the optimum speed. Without this being done, then the cutters will not perform as designed. kobblers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keysinthecity Posted October 14, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 14, 2015 Carbide cutters will stay sharper for much longer, however be sure that the machine you fit them to is set up correctly for their use. If for instance, they are to be fitted to a Unocode machine, then you would also need to swap the pulleys around so that the cutter runs at the optimum speed. Without this being done, then the cutters will not perform as designed. Interesting, thank you. It's for an keyline easy. Blade is AC003 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LockandKey Posted October 20, 2015 Report Share Posted October 20, 2015 Carbide cutters last longer and you can run the machine at max speed - also they get fewer 'bad cuts' on high tolerance keys so you get less 'returns & recuts' Long term the carbide is far more profitable - it just depends on the volume you are doing, and how long you plan to be in business Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
k4mrc Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 Carbide cutters will stay sharper for much longer, however be sure that the machine you fit them to is set up correctly for their use. If for instance, they are to be fitted to a Unocode machine, then you would also need to swap the pulleys around so that the cutter runs at the optimum speed. Without this being done, then the cutters will not perform as designed. that may be true, but we have a Bravo professional new, and have tried the 'correct' blades for it and honestly as the carbide cutter costs about 6 time the cost of normal cutters (or more) they usually last about three times as long as the normal ones - so we as of now don't bother Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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