I bought one last April and had nothing but problems with it. In contacting the factory, it appears it's a knockoff and not stable. These are found on Amazon and E bay with the words "FOR WOODCUT" Misleading.
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Woodcut bowl saver original 2 blade
- Thread starter Peter D'Attomo
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Which factory are you contacting? I’m curious what is unstable about it. Another case of getting what you pay for? For an almost $500 difference and a factory store called Bonbo, it would send up big red flags for me! I strongly suggest you change your title and not continue the “Woodcut bowl saver” fraud.
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Caveat emptor, thats easy for me to say with 50 years in engineering. But for many this is not the case and they become the scammers most sort after, always remember there's wisdom in many advisors.What is paid is never a good indicator of quality, be it little or a lot.
Hi Peter, thank you for making contact with Woodcut Tools, I'm sorry that you were mislead and brought a counterfeit of the product we proudly designed back in the 1990's. If we can support you and the club further please let us know.
Richard, i had contacted Dan at Woodcut who was kind enough to share his insight and further noted this was a counterfeit. I did make a mistake in buying this, but my point to make aware to others of this issue
I can attest that a real Woodcut 2 blade version does work well. Had one for ~7 yrs and used many times.
Just one more reason why I never buy anything from Amazon. There are a number of metals that could be put on the cutting tip, even standard M2 high speed steel would work. Woodcut uses stellite. If I ever have to replace mine, I would use tantung since I have some scraps of it. No clue as to what was used on your blade though.
robo hippy
robo hippy
Hi Robo, we (Woodcut Tools) chose Stellite because it was what was recommended by local saw mills and tested well with bowl coring. The saw mills like it as Stellite is durable, with stands knocks from stones and knots in wood and can be hollow ground when sharpened on CBN to produce nice curly shavings. We are currently testing a carbide cutter as an option for customers, we understand some customers have a preference for Carbide. More testing on different wood types to do.
I did have one Big Ugly tool where I used a stellite tip, and I could tell no difference in performance as far as edge durability. I tried to get some more samples from some place in Canada, and they would only sell me a block, and I would have to cut it into strips, 1 inch by 3 inches, by 1/8 thick, by myself. I think that maybe the stellite may take rocks better than the tantung which is a bit more brittle For sure, a superb material for making scrapers out of. The way most carbide scrapers are used is as scrapers only. Most, excepting the Hunter tools, work nicely as a scraper. Being able to get a shear cut for a cleaner surface is very important, unless you like to sand. I have seen several turners on You Tube who leave big ugly tear out patches on their pieces. One must develop gouge skills as well. I never use a scraper wider than 1 inch. Cracks me up how some think a huge scraper will "cut down on vibration". Look up my "Scary Scrapers" video.
robo hippy
robo hippy
If you have a arc welder you can use stellite arc welding rods and reface them. However depending on the base metal you may need a softer underlay to get the stellite to fuse well
Well, I am not into welding. For a fix, I would use silver solder and a torch, which I do have, but don't know how to use. Standard solder will not wick all the way under the tip for a good secure fit, so that is why ribbon is generally used. I think standard solder will work, but you may have to use a couple of pieces of the wire type. Not sure if stellite will weld or not.
robo hippy
robo hippy