Wealden T1714 rebate cutter

[Eric The Viking]

T1714 cutter, plus TB501, TB315, TB885 and TB680 bearings, £35.05 (incl. £1.49 postage)

I ordered this rebate cutter around 0100h yesterday. I got it in this morning's post (and it's Saturday and snowy!).

I looked at Titan, Perform and CMT before going back to Wealden (again). On the Wealden one, the threaded spigot for the bearing is not proud of the cutters, so you can remove the bearing altogether for extra rebate depth/width. It seems so sensible I can't see why the others don't do it

They also had a better bearing selection than the others too, as far as I could see. I am struggling though to find a bearing to give a 6.5mm cut to match a certain MDF thickness (not essential, but would be preferable to having to micro-adjust the fence.

I won't get time to 'play' today, but it certainly looks the business and was significantly cheaper than CMT.

So as far as I can see, Wealden get points for thoughtful design and excellent service (hat-tip to Royal Mail too). If it cuts as well as it should, they'll get points again there.

E.

(note to self: to avoid blood, DO NOT take the wax off until you're good'n ready!)

 

[pren]

(note to self: to avoid blood, DO NOT take the wax off until you're good'n ready!)

Does anyone else find removing the wax really satisfying? 8-[

 

[Eric The Viking]

(note to self: to avoid blood, DO NOT take the wax off until you're good'n ready!)

Does anyone else find removing the wax really satisfying? 8-[

Yup!

 

[chippy1970]

yep

almost as good as peeling off a scab :lol:

 

[houtslager]

yep 8)

 

[Gary]

Does anyone else find removing the wax really satisfying? 8-[

Almost as good as peeling dry pva off your hands.

 

[Eric The Viking]

Quick update: got to play with it last night (I do like the new garage roof insulation)

I was only doing a small job on MDF, but the results were great: rebates to within 0.05mm are quite good enough for me (the limiting factor was the edge not being completely smooth and square). I only needed 6mm, so had the biggest bearing fitted and was expecting a bit of vibration: nothing of the sort. Test cuts on scraps of pine were beautiful too.

OK I know it's new (and thus sharp), but I'm really pleased so far - looks like another Wealden winner!

As an aside, it's great to be able to turn down the speed reliably with the T11, yet still have the power. I had a cheap B+Q "Performance Power" (or sommat) before, and the speed control was really rough in comparison. I got very slight burning on a returning corner, but I think that's only because I let the cutter dwell on it to make sure I'd run into the corner enough.