The Framers Forum

Hi, I'm looking for a mountcutter in decent condition and more specifically a pneumatic underpinner, preferably a cs199 or similar. I join a lot of hardwood and specialise in hand finishing/closed corners so the underpinner has to have a really decent clamp and make a great join. Cheers

cool, thanks. I think I'll put off paying 200 untill I'm feeling super-rich! To be fair 20 sharpenings is a fair amount of time. And Jonny I know what you mean, when I've had a look at the enlarged images of blades on ebay they have suspiciously little metal left on them! cheers

Hey there,.,.,I'm just trying to work out whether it's worth buying second hand blades. A pair with apparently 20 sharpenings left just went for £36 on ebay which is about a sixth of the new price. My question is will a new pair have significantly more than 180 sharpenings before they are dead? I ...