V Groove blades

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ChrisG
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V Groove blades

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I am finding that after cutting a relatively small number of V grooves even with a new blade and the groove is no longer clean. The same blade cuts the bevel and straight cuts without problem. I imagine that V groove only uses the very tip of the blade which wears quickly?
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When my machine was set up I was told you need to change the blade after every v-groove done. ie one per mount.
Graysalchemy

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What mount cutter is It. IMHO its no different to cutting all the way through and into the sacrificial piece under the mount.
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Post by ChrisG »

Gunnar F1 Hybrid.

It's possible to 'clean' the groove with a scalpel blade but that's a bit of pain.
Roboframer

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Does it still cut normal openings OK after cutting V grooves? If so it could be the mount board or the calibration.
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I cut hundreds of V-Grooves and yes you do not get many to a blade.
I am cutting black core with a white face, I was getting 12 cuts per blade but then a new batch of board arrived, slightly different from the same supplier and I now only get 6 cuts per blade.
The main issue I find is a blunt blade drags the surface of the board at the corners, when cutting all the way through, there is more board to support the surface hence why v-grooves need sharper blades.
I always cut all the v-grooves I can first, then with the same blade cut the openings, that way you do not blunt the blade doing openings in between v-grooves.

Hope this helps
Steve
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