dwacker Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 The topic is grizzly shaper cutters but this review is for the stair cutter. I bought this cutter to save some time and money over ordering corrugated knives. First its a smallish cutter as you can see in the photo but the profile is one that generally is best run on a larger spindle. Why grizzly sells this cutter in 3/4" I do not know. As far as shipping and service goes grizzly is great, the cutter arrived in 5 days. I'd have to rate these a 5 out of 10. I did not expect a long life cutter but I did expect a good short run cutter. They are not as sharp as a quality cutter but as always you get what you pay for. My short run was walnut and that may have been asking a little to much out of a cheap cutter. Cutting the full profile in one pass the going back with a light climb cut produced the best result. I did run a test cut on softer wood and the only way I could get a clean cut was climb cutting. IMO if this cutter is a sign of how grizzly sharpens all their shaper cutter I would rate them all about the same. That being said inexpensive cutters are marketed to folks with smaller shapers with no power feeder so these would not be a good choice. You can't improvise by climb cutting without the power feeder. I'd probable look at a different brand of inexpensive cutter if that's what your shopping for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..Kev Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 I've had decent luck with their smaller stuff but, I haven't tried anything this large. Thanks for the heads up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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