Cook's Single Tooth Setter

[red pine]

I have thought of getting Cook's single tooth setter. I realize that the dual tooth is much better, but as one normally does not have to set the blade every time it is sharpened, and the significant price difference, a single tooth one should do. Does anyone have any positives/negatives about my contemplated purchase. Cook's do not have any Canadian distributors, so although Free Trade supposedly exists between Canada and U.S.A., I know I will incur significant duty plus brokers fees, so I am not sure of actual cost. Free Trade never seems to be in my favour.

[Banjo picker]

Get the dual the single takes too long... Thats what I wish someone would have told me.   ;)  Banjo

[cypresskayaksllc]

If you know what youre doing get a dual. If youre like me get the single :

[Chuck White]

I have thought of getting Cook's single tooth setter. I realize that the dual tooth is much better, but as one normally does not have to set the blade every time it is sharpened, and the significant price difference, a single tooth one should do. Does anyone have any positives/negatives about my contemplated purchase.

The dual tooth setter might not be better, but, it is a lot faster!

I have the single tooth setter and I set my bands with (before) every sharpening!

Hope you can find a good deal on getting a setter, either way!

Chuck

[Bandmill Bandit]

Check the saw mill mods thread.

I turned my Single tooth setter too a dual tooth setter from the info in that thread.

I set my bands both before and after sharpening now and is still faster then setting the once with the single tooth setter.

[losttheplot]

There is no duty between the US and Canada if the Item is made in the US.
If you ship with a shipping company they will charge you a "Brokerage fee" this can be expensive.
US postal service / Canada post charge a flt rate, It was about $5 last time i remember.

Use This site.
www.thefinalcost.com
To calculate what the final cost will be.

[bandmiller2]

Red Pine,why don't you make one,a single tooth setter is simple.A Destako overcenter clamp and a dial indicator.The clamp is used in machine shops to hold work to a table,and is available through co's like Enco,Grainger est. Frank C.

[kelLOGg]

I have the Cooks setter and it does a fine job but one-at-a-time is slow. It takes me 20 - 35 minutes to set both sides depending on whether I accidentally over set and have to bend teeth back.
Pineywoods posted his homemde dual setter which he made for about $1.49 or some similarly astounding low price.
Bob

[DGK]

Not too hijack, but who make the fastest most accurate tooth setter. I have a Woodmizer single tooth setter that is much too slow for my liking.

[customsawyer]

I have the dual tooth setter and like it as I can set a blade in less than 5 min. I run a cooks sharpener and WM pro series  CBN sharpener. The dual tooth setter can keep up with both sharpeners running and I still have time to drink a cup of coffee now and then. I will run 8-10 blades an hour which will allow me to keep the blades sharp for both mills with just a little time in the evenings one or two nights a week.
If your time is worth anything then the dual tooth setter will pay for itself in short time.

[DGK]

Hello Customsawyer, which brand of dual toothsetter do you have?

[Bandmill Bandit]

Not too hijack, but who make the fastest most accurate tooth setter. I have a Woodmizer single tooth setter that is much too slow for my liking.

The mod thread has a section showing a $1.98 mod.

https://forestryforum.com/board/index.php/topic,46818.msg683228.html#msg683228

Mine is about a $2.49 mod as I did mine with a bolt on piece rather then welding it on to my WM single tooth setter.

[customsawyer]

DGK I have the Cooks dual tooth setter. There was a steep learning curve when I started sharpening. It was in no way due to the equipment but due to the fact that I was trying to let my dad do the sharpening and I didn't realize how bad his vision had gotten. Of course he refused to use his glasses which really improved his quality.  ;D By the time I took it over there were so many blades that took a lot of work to get them back into shape so that they would cut right.