From: Woodline Sales [mailto:sales@woodline.com]
> Sent: Saturday, April 12, 2008 10:04 PM
> To: Woodline Sales
> Subject: Defective bits?
>
> Name=Jay Bruckner
> Phone=xxxxxxx
> EMail=xxxxxxx
> Subject=Defective bits?
> S1=Dear Woodline, I'm writing to report what I think
> is a defective bit set. I bought the Roman Ogee
> raised panel cabinet set from your booth at the
> woodworking show in Houston, Texas last year and
> only recently got a chance to use it. Unless I'm
> doing something wrong, the cope cuts at the ends of
> my rails are not fitting into the cuts in my stiles.
> There is a consistent 1/32" space between the face
> of the rail and the face of the stile. I thought at
> first I was getting this gap because I wasn't
> cutting deep enough, but I checked with a micrometer
> and both cuts are precisely 3/8" deep. After
> wracking my brain for days trying to determine what
> is wrong, I believe the problem is that the stile
> ogee is a tiny bit larger than the cope ogee. I have
> a photograph to illustrate the situation, which I
> could send you if it would help. I'm just very
> disappointed in these bits. I have really struggled
> to get this cabinet to work, but can only get the
> pieces to fit together properly by cutting the
> stiles twice so that the ogee is narrower. Is there
> anything you can see that I might be doing wrong? I
> know that I'm cutting the full depth of the profile,
> and I know the pieces are perfectly square and are
> the same thickness (though the thickness doesn't
> really matter with respect to this problem). I
> really believe the problem lies in the bits. Perhaps
> a shim would help? Maybe a larger diameter bearing
> on the stile cutter? I'm not sure, but I'm open to
> suggestions. Thank you for your help. Jay Bruckner
--- Wayne <
wayne@woodline.com> wrote:
> It is rare but the problems has been seen before.
> You have a bid grind on the rail and stile set. This
> sometime occurs when machine change over happens and
> the workers do not calibrate the depth and diameters
> correctly. We will of course replace the set
> instantly. Please contact us for a warranty
> replacement of the rail and stile set.
>
> Wayne Sutter
> Woodline USA
From: Jay Bruckner
Sent: Monday, April 14, 2008 5:52 PM
To: Wayne
Subject: RE: Defective bits?
Hello Wayne. Thank you for explaining the problem. I
had no idea what was wrong.
How do I go about sending the bits back to you?
If it helps, my address is:
xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx
xxxxxxx
My phone number is xxxxxxx
Thanks.
It is not necessary to retunr them. I have authorized a direct
replacement under warranty. We will be shipping a WL 1360 rail and stile set to
you today at the address below. Please accept our appology for the
problem. Please discard the other bits as they can not be fixed.
Wayne Sutter
Woodline USA
Sales: Please ship a WL 1360 to the customer as a warranty
replacement.