Freud Center Cutter Bushings

Freud Center Cutter Bushings

Thank you for shopping with us! 

Freud’s Shaper Cutters can be fitted with bushings to allow the use of 1 1/4″ bore cutters on spindles as small as 3/4″. Single cutters require the use of a pair of flange bushings in the appropriate bore in order to lock the cutter onto the spindle. Multiple cutter stacks such as stile and rail cutter sets require flange bushings as well as center cutter bushings. To determine which bushings are required, first determine the total thickness of the stacked cutter hubs, which is often equal to carbide height, and subtract the height of both flange bushings. The result is the maximum total height of center bushings required. Select bushing sizes that equal most nearly to this amount.

Important: Never use center bushings that will equal or exceed the maximum total center bushing height.

Freud’s Center Cutter Bushings are manufactured to the highest precision to ensure a cut equal to that of the cutter without the bushing. These are designed for the center cutters of the male and female rail and stile sets.

Be sure to clean the cutter, bushing, and spindle prior to assembly.