NYKeys Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 What do you guys reckon? Do the generic/universal mortice blanks dull your blade faster than say the manufacturer specific blanks? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamparker Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Depends on what they are made of. The Union Stongbolt genuine blanks are really hard and a lot of the universal Rim and Safe blanks seem to be really hard again.as well. I use a lot of SKS copies for most mortice ER-1,4,5G and UN-1G and these are really good quality and as they are brass allow my cutters to last a lot longer, i also use the coated cutters on my 2 Blade Vectis machines as well as on my Lancer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCityShoes Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Do the coated blades last much longer? Have you tried carbide ones? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamparker Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Never seen a carbide mortice Cutters, does anybody do a 750 s/f carbide ?. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCityShoes Posted October 10, 2016 Report Share Posted October 10, 2016 Sorry, I was speaking in general. I've only seen carbide cylinder cutters. We've always used original cutting blades for the machines, so I've not had experience with the other types of blade, but if they last a lot longer then it would be worth thinking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt@Silca Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Carbide cutters are longer lasting/harder wearing, but be sure to use them correctly. For example, on a Unocode 299, the pulleys will need to be reversed in order to make the cutter turn at the correct RPM. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grahamparker Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Certainly made a difference to our 399 Matt. Matt@Silca 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelCityShoes Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Hi Matt, does anything need changing on a Bravo Pro? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt@Silca Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 The Bravo Pro was not designed to use a carbide cutter. We have the Bravo W-max which does, but that has a different motor fitted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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