Will Weinig knives work in a Woodmaster?

[JamieK]

Well guys the title says it all. I recently purchased a used woodmaster so I'm still learning about it. I currently have an option to purchase a  bunch of moulding knives from a Weinig moulding machine. Will these knives fit and work properly in a Woodmaster. Some of the knives have grooves in them but all of them have holes for bolting them in place. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Jamie 

[Southside]

WM4000? What size are the knives? 

[customsawyer]

I'm not familiar with either of these machines. I will add that the ones with grooves in them will need heads that have the same grooves to best run them. They are what I use in my Pinhero machine. Are any heads coming with the knives? If they are make sure they have the same size bore. I would not expect them to as you are taking them from a production machine to a smaller shop type machine.  

[Larry]

The Weinig knives that I have are all standard 60 degree corrugated back 5/16" thick.  I think Woodmaster sells an optional moulder head that will except these....call Woodmaster and talk to a tech.  Knife projection is also a consideration.

I don't know what the holes are for unless they also used the knives in a Williams & Hussy.

Since Weinig is a production machine its common to find knives with inlayed carbide.  High dollar and they run forever.

[JamieK]

The woodmaster i have is a 718. I don't know what size the knives are just that they used a weinig moulding machine. So basically the thickness is the same. The only potential for not working is the projection from the head.  I made a mistake about the holes. Most do not have any holes

 

[Southside]

I would call Barry at Woodmaster.  That's a different system than my 4000 uses.  

[Don P]

I don't know if you can swing them, but from those patterns behind the knives... there's a profile grinder in that shop. If he's parting out I'd check on that. There are 2 corrugated pitches that I know of, make sure you match.

This is a page showing weinig's manual grinder;
Rondamat 960 - MICHAEL WEINIG (USA) (weinigusa.com)