Advice on bevelling machine

[David Rowland]

an upside down hand router?

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[David Rogers]

Varga probably make some of the finest bevellers around – but stupidly expensive.
http://www.u-marq.com/product.php/1078/0/varga_beveller

As Dave shows – a router inverted on a table works quite well.

dave

[NeilRoss]

Best I’ve came across Gravograph B6
http://www.gravograph.co.uk/engraving-m … ipment.php

Excellent machine (IMO) but as David says – not cheap.

[james huggins]

Hmm making one seems the way to go

Just came across this from dremel, this could work

http://www.dremel-direct.com/acatalog/3 … Table.html

[NeilRoss]

Making one using a router is fine depending on what you’re going to be doing with it and what material. The upside-down router types are fine for wood (we use one here regularly) and has the added benefit of being able to use different profile cutters to produce different edging to panels.

For finer work brass/traffolite/acrylic etc we use a proper bevelling machine. The main reasons are it’s a finer machine and tends to make a smoother bevel. We also have a cutter grinder so we can keep the cutters in tip-top condition which makes a better job. The cutter points downwards and therefore the material is essentially sandwiched between the cutter and the machining table giving a more consistent pressure. The material is slid across the work table face up and therefore doesn’t get scuffed or marked if there is a grain under it.

I think it’s horses for courses depending on the work type. For any engraving work/materials I’d go for the bevelling machine. Either way I’d always use TCT cutters.

BTW that B6 machine comes with a set of templates that enable you to create radius corners on the panels. In the past we’ve made literally hundreds of ID pass tags and radiused the corners on them all – no problem and very quickly.

[james huggins]

Thanks Neil that’s given me something to think about.

Nearly all my work is Rigid Laminate for the electrical industry. 1.5mm

I have just had a quote from Gravograph and yes they aren’t cheap at all!
Not sure I can justify spending that much at them moment but cutting them all on my cnc with a v bit is time consuming.

They don’t seem to come up much secondhand either

[NeilRoss]

Quite often listed on fleebay. Or you could try this folk who do reconditioned machinery.
http://www.ronamachines.co.uk/page/accessories

[james huggins]

After searching I’ve manged to buy a used Gravograpg B6 for a very good price.

I did call Rona Machines and they have some really good prices on refurb kit, will be using them in the future