Spindle Moulder Top Hat Reducing Bushes

[simuk]

Hi folks,

Spindle Moulder Top Hat Reducing Bushes, are they legal & safe to use?
Have been looking at second hand spindle tooling, and wondering if this is a way of increasing my options

Thanks In advance

Simon

[jfc]

They are fine . I use top hats top and bottom and a bush in the middle if i can . I also buy my tooling at 30mm bore and top hat it to my 1" spindle just incase i upgrade my spindle .

[simuk]

Thanks Jfc,

Do they work for all blocks?

[jfc]

You buy what ever bush or top hats you need to reduce the block to your spindle size so yes .

[simuk]

So 35mm to 30mm no problem then?

[jfc]

Hmmm i've not come across 35mm before so i cant say . Maybe someone else will know but if it's a standard size then i would think they would do reducers for it .

[cuttingsolutions]

Top hat bushes are pefectly ok and quite common. I would recommend one at each end of the cutterhead.

35-30 mm should be no problem, though you should make sure the 35 mm bore cutterheads are suitable for Manual fed machines.
Its Sunday so I cant be sure but they should be ex-stock.

[simuk]

Thanks chaps