I was looking at running some wider than normal (>4") casing on my Williams & Hussey molder.
Molder face cutter.JPG
The question for the group is can I just offset my back cutters in the head to give a wider relief cut without buying additional cutters. I don't have more than a couple hundred feet of molding to make so can't justify a new set of blades just for this project.
Here is the back relief blade I'm referring too.
Molder relief cutter.JPG
I'm proposing to shift one back relief knife over one set of holes in the cutter head from the other which would give me a ≈3-1/2" wide relief cut.
Molder relief cutter2.jpg
I realize I'll only be getting half the number of cuts per inch where the knives are cutting individually but this isn't a finished surface so I don't see where this would be an issue.
I'd love to hear if anyone has first hand knowledge of doing this and what was the outcome.
Thanks,
Wes