Product Focus: Tooling
www.modernwoodworking.com 12 September 2009 Application specialties As wood processors enter diverse markets, tooling is keeping pace with new materials and design applications. As always, smooth cuts and extended blade life remain at the forefront. m m By Brooke Baldwin Wisdom l p r o d u c t F o c u s Shaker it up introduces a Shaker-style insert cutter that can be used in combination with other standard tool-ing to produce MDF Shaker-style doors. The insert tool is designed with shear to provide an extremely smooth bottom cut and uses standard and four-sided ICK style inserts. The insert cutter is first used to hog a majority of the material out of the panel area while produc-ing a clean bottom surface. Then progressively smaller diameter straight tools clean up the inside corners. Decorative v-groove notches and an outside detail can be added to complete the door. Circle on the Reader Service Card or visit ModernWoodworking.com/info Stay sharp says its high performance line of King Carbide circular saw blades offers 17 blades for just about any sawing application, including wood, laminates, non-ferrous metals and plastics, roofing, shingle and nail-embedded wood. King Carbide saw blades last up to 10 times longer than standard carbide blades, with extra large teeth that can be re-sharpened to extend blade life, says the company. The teeth are produced with C3Dyanite car-bide, which provides superior hardness to stay sharp and resist wear, without sacrificing fracture toughness. Circle on the Reader Service Card or visit ModernWoodworking.com/info