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I am cutting abalone and MOP for pool cue inlays. What would you suggest in a 1/32 inch cutter: a 2 flute cutter or a 3 flute cutter?

April 26, 2017abalone CUE cutting inch Inlays mop pool

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I am cutting abalone and MOP for pool cue inlays. What would you suggest in a 1/32 inch cutter: a 2 flute cutter or a 3 flute cutter?

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All shells are made of a natural composite of calcium carbonate in a protein matrix. When cutting shell of any thickness, we always use a 3 flute cutter designed specifically to break up the carbonate and cut the matrix. It’s chip-breaker flute geometry pulverizes the composite as it cuts allowing the debris to be extracted from the kerf without packing. For a 1/32″ cutter, we recommend our Shell cutter M3S8-0313-013F.