Review on 🗡️ CMT 529 095 31 64" - Optimized Cutter Diameter Inch by Doug Layman

Purchased to cut red oak dowels to hide screws on a wall section of an unfinished 3/4 thick red oak floor. A Lowes candle cutter died after making less than a few dozen candles that were originally oversized. This cutter just keeps going. I've cut a few hundred so far. I found that when I cut the plugs by cutting through a piece of soil I soon had a pile of plugs mixed with shavings on my drill press table. This cutter cuts a giant hole to get a 3/8 inch dowel. It's easier to set the drill press stop to cut through almost to the end, and when the board is littered with dowels, take it to the bandsaw and set it up. Put a piece of scrap metal on the guide rail and cut off the plugs. Plugs are good when they are a little loose. They stick easily and a chisel will snap most of them off leaving enough height to plug another hole. Cutting plugs is tedious (Oops! Pardon the pun) and repetitive, but at least this fork cutter makes good forks and is still sharp. Due to the nature of the work, there is considerable friction between the fork and the inside of the cutter . This cutter cuts many more forks than a Lowes cutter before it gets hot. If I need a different size fork, I'll buy a different CMT.