edge band cutter - Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum

world llc · 06-09-2009, 09:31 PM

i need a recomendation for an edge band cutter... i did a job last week and figured i'd use the flush cut router bit... needless to say it was hot enough to melt the glue on the edge and made a mess!! i still have glue under my finger nail

then i tried 1 piece with a utility knife and file... lets just call me the nj wood butcher

so i finished with the router.

i picked up a few more jobs with this pre finished stuff, and i'm collecting alot of blum stuff, so the next logical item to get is a trimmer. are all trimmers basicly the same, or is there one i need to get?

also had my woman yelling at me for using the iron on the edging... a guilty concious is great for saying dumb crap like "relax, it's on the polyester setting"

**Gus Dering** · 06-09-2009, 09:59 PM

Google Vurtex edgebanding tools. I think I spelled it right.

They have a decent trimmer for the end cut and one for the edge.

They also have a hand held hot air applicator that works good when you get the hang of it.

naptown CR · 06-09-2009, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Gus Dering

Google Vurtex edgebanding tools. I think I spelled it right.

They have a decent trimmer for the end cut and one for the edge.

They also have a hand held hot air applicator that works good when you get the hang of it.

It's spelled virutex and they make a lot of laminate tools.
freud also makes a bench top edge bander that works reasonably well given the price. ( About $300.00)

freud also makes a portable bander that works on radiused stuff.

look here

http://www.rockler.com/search_result...=12&submit.y=7

All of it is on one page

Rex Mundi · 06-10-2009, 08:18 AM

There are many edgeband cutters and trimmers on the market. If you are considering doing a lot of this work, take a look at the fast-cap products.

If you are doing this as occasional work, try this. Take a 3/4" chisel, grind the ends slightly round, to prevent digging in at the edges, and hone it well. Once you have the edge tape applied, press down on the long ends, creasing them over the edge of the substrate, then slice these off with the chisel. Now for the long edges. Always work with the grain for wooden edging. Just like planing. Starting at one end holding the chisel at about a 45 degree angle, with the flat side tight to the substrate. as you push along the length of the piece you should get a ribbon of cut off. This solves some of the mess generated by the trim router which reheats the glue and gums up your work. Now just a little 180 grit sand paper or file for PVC edging to break the sharp edge.

Rex Mundi · 06-10-2009, 08:21 AM

I forgot the most important part. A good bench vise to hold workpiece vertically, while you work on the top edge.

Bergstrom · 06-10-2009, 08:46 PM

World,

It sounds like you are using iron on edging and most of the tools mentioned here are great for soft PVC edge trimming but don't work too hot on the more brittle iron on edging.

You should be able to use a file edge to flush cut it provided the file has a cutting edge (some files don't). Plasticut make some decent ones. You lay the file flat and use it like a saw to flush cut the edging.

katoman · 06-10-2009, 08:56 PM

I use a plane blade, hand held, not in the plane, and keep it at a low angle. For the ends I just cut it off close with scissors and finish with a file. Ok, now you guys can laugh, but it works for me as I don't do a lot of edging.

HitchC&L · 06-10-2009, 10:36 PM

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I probably dont have much to offer.

I have always have an edgebander to my disposal thank god.

Today was honestly the first day I have ever done edge banding any other way than heating up the machine and feeding in my piece.

I took a cabinet and cut it down 6 inches and I am converting it to a desk for my old lady, so naturally, the side I wanted to be edgebanded, isnt. So I have to edgeband it the hard way.

I ironed on the tape, then I took a block of wood and rubbed it on the tape to flatten it out, to make sure it was evenly pressed, then I took a trimmer, which looked very similar to a planer, but on a right angle, and cleaned off the excess tape, then took a file and cleaned the edges.

Like I said, right now I dont have much to offer. I can tell you tomorrow, the exact brand of everything I used in my homemade edgebanding setup, which honestly worked good enough for most shops.

world llc · 06-11-2009, 07:26 AM

holy crap!!! nice friggin machine, hitch!!
thanks for all the ideas, i love how everyone has varying experiance and method... i guess there's no wrong way so long as it looks right.

KMac · 06-11-2009, 08:30 AM

Thanks for posting the question World. I don't do a lot of edgebanding - mostly FF's and wood edge on adj. shelves but I'm getting ready to grab my old lady's iron and do some next week. I was planning on using the router with a flush cut bit too - not now though! Thanks for posting your experience you probably saved me a bunch of time and a couple headaches!

world llc · 06-11-2009, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by KMac

Thanks for posting the question World. I don't do a lot of edgebanding - mostly FF's and wood edge on adj. shelves but I'm getting ready to grab my old lady's iron and do some next week. I was planning on using the router with a flush cut bit too - not now though! Thanks for posting your experience you probably saved me a bunch of time and a couple headaches!

apparently "cotton" is the right temp

**Leo G** · 06-11-2009, 04:27 PM

http://www.mcfeelys.com/product/1560...anding-Trimmer