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Custom Template

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M2  
MSI Offers a 3 Day Turn-Around on Custom Profile GTP Knives
All prices include the cost of steel, cutting, squaring, balancing and profiling. 3/4" is added to the width of each knife to allow for proper squaring and for the axial constant dimension of your choice up to 10mm or 3/8". .250" is standard if no axial constant dimension is specified.
Call for pricing and information on Carbide Inlay and Piggy Back GTP knives
Knife stock is 5/16" thick M2 for all knives up to 2 1/2". Add $4.00 per inch for DGK-2000™ heat reflective steel. Minimum knife depth used is 1-1/2" as standard. 1-1/4" available only if shallow pocket cutterheads are being used. This is to assure safe installation of the knife into the head body.
Custom Templates
Send us a product sample or drawing. We will create a CAD drawing for your approval. Once we receive approval, your templates are CNC machined to your specifications.
Custom Profile Template $30.00
Existing Template Re-cut $20.00
Steel Template call for pricing
Email drawings or questions to: [email protected]
MSI does not assume responsibility for improperly installed or ordered knives.
To properly assure that the knives will maintain the correct profile, the following information is required:
Hook Angle Axial Constant Dimension Head Diameter
M2 HSS Knife Steel M2 HSS Knife Steel

SIZE OF KNIFE

DEPTH OF CUT

PRICE PER INCH

1 1/2" STRAIGHT KNIVES

$10.00

1 3/4"

DEPTH UP TO 1/4"

$20.00

2"

DEPTH UP TO 1/2"

$22.00

2 1/4"

DEPTH UP TO 3/4"

$22.00

2 1/2"

DEPTH UP TO 1"

$22.00

2 3/4"

DEPTH UP TO 1 1/4"

$22.00

3"

DEPTH UP TO 1 1/2"

$22.00

Email drawings or questions to: [email protected]
DGK Information
DGK Knife Steel DGK Knife Steel
Ideal for production runs in maple. Ideal for short production runs in MDF (6,000 – 8,000 lineal feet). Great for long runs of all types of hardwoods.
SIZE OF KNIFE DEPTH OF CUT PRICE PER INCH
1 1/2" X 1/4" STRAIGHT KNIVES $8.00
1 1/2" STRAIGHT KNIVES $12.50

1 3/4"

DEPTH UP TO 1/4"

$24.00

2"

DEPTH UP TO 1/2"

$26.00

2 1/4"

DEPTH UP TO 3/4"

$26.00

2 1/2"

DEPTH UP TO 1"

$26.00

2 3/4"

DEPTH UP TO 1 1/4"

$26.00

3"

DEPTH UP TO 1 1/2"

$26.00
Email drawings or questions to: [email protected]
To properly assure that the knives will maintain the correct profile, the following information is required:
Hook Angle Axial Constant Dimension Head Diameter
     

KEY FACTS ABOUT DGK
Improved coating
Multi-stage coating process
Improves lubricity
Withstands over 2200º F
Coating is harder than carbide
Grinds with standard abrasives
Reduces nicks caused from mineral pockets

APPLICATIONS FOR DGK
HSS tools such as moulder steel, router bits, saw blades and boring bits
Carbide tools such as router bits, carbide inserts, saw blades, drill bits, and boring bits
Metal cutting tools such as drill bits, mill cutters, lathe tools, and carbide inserts