Amount of cuts or length of Domino cutters

[dinkjs]

How many cuts or length of time before people have had to change the cutters on the Domino?

 

[Forrest Anderson]

How many cuts or length of time before people have had to change the cutters on the Domino?

By all accounts they are very long-lasting, and I don't think there are too many people who have had to replace their cutters due to fair wear and tear (as opposed to hitting a screw or dropping the bit etc).

Festool has the following question and answer in their Support Knowledgebase:

Domino cutters can be resharpened as many as 3 times. After 3 sharpenings they become too short to mortise the necessary depth. Domino cutters will bore between 4,000 and 15,000 mortises before they require sharpening. On average, 4,000 mortises into end grain on hardwood, and 15,000 mortises into side grain on soft wood.

Forrest

 

[Anthony]

By all accounts they are very long-lasting, and I don't think there are too many people who have had to replace their cutters due to fair wear and tear (as opposed to hitting a screw or dropping the bit etc).

Yes, hit a screw in the morning - messed up the cutter. Went to lunch, hit a screw in the afternoon. Only two times I have done it were within the space a few hours of each other. I did manage to sharpen up the end cutters of one and it's back in service working reasonably well, but the second cutter was no good even after a sharpening touch up.

 

[WarnerConstCo.]

I heard that teak is pretty tough on the cutters.

 

[jvsteenb]

I heard that teak is pretty tough on the cutters.

Real teak (Tectona Grandis) is hard on ANY cutter.... I don't know about the plantation stuff, but the original areas where Tectona Grandis thrives, usually have a very high amount amount of silicic acid in the soil. It get's taken up by the roots and may crystallize to Silicon dioxide in time. Essentially, this is quartz.... embedded in the wood. Lots of tropic hardwoods display this effect, but few as much as Teak.

Regards,

Job

 

[score0matic]

Real teak (Tectona Grandis) is hard on ANY cutter.... I don't know about the plantation stuff, but the original areas where Tectona Grandis thrives, usually have a very high amount amount of silicic acid in the soil. It get's taken up by the roots and may crystallize to Silicon dioxide in time. Essentially, this is quartz.... embedded in the wood. Lots of tropic hardwoods display this effect, but few as much as Teak.

Regards,

Job

Thanks Professer Job.....got my education for the day right here on the Fog.
Craig