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   SteveSchoene | Oct 01, 2009 04:09am | #1

   There are a couple available on e-bay.  One is offered at $80 and is old new stock apparently.  I'll bet if you search for completed auctions of "Craftsmen molding head cutters"  you will find some good comparables.  Also google for the same.  Molding versus molder may make a difference. 

   Some people find these scary, but I've had good results with one on the few occasions I've used them some years ago. 

    

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   mike4244 | Oct 01, 2009 06:13am | #2

   I have this set and with extra cutters . Be aware that you need a sturdy saw to use these cutters. I originally used the molding head cutters on a 1 hp craftsmen contractors saw. I had a problem with the saw height using these cutters. The molding head would slowly creep down from play in the gears. I found that I had to block up under the handwheel to keep it from turning . This never happened with dado blades or just a single saw blade. It always crept down with the molding head until I blocked the handwheel.The vibration is what makes the arbor go down.

   A cabinet saw would be best if you have one. The cutters are easy to hone. Only the flat backside gets honed.You must use all three cutters at the same time or the head is unbalanced. The  molding head makes a lot of noise so ear protection is a necessity.

   mike

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   forestgirl | Oct 01, 2009 09:04am | #3

   Steve's info is good.  I sold a set on eBay a few years ago, not new-old-stock, but in excellent condition, and it fetched ~$65-70.

   forestgirl -- you can take the girl out of the forest, but you can't take the forest out of the girl ;-) 
   
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   jako17 | Oct 01, 2009 04:08pm | #4

   I would like to add one further point.Craftsman did at one time make a moulding head that only took one cutter! Don't whatever you do buy that model .Only having one tooth at 4000 rpm approx of a table saw(I strongly recommend NOT using, even the 3 cutter head on a radial arm saw,though at one time Sears endorsed that ! )the finish and the chip size is bad.However as stated by Steve the 3 head works well on a cabinet saw using a slow feed and good hold downs.

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   JohnWW | Oct 01, 2009 04:24pm | #5

   Sears and Ridgid were still selling them at least up until a few years ago, but you will have to go to their online sites to track them down. They weren't all that expensive new and don't fetch all that much used. They turn up regularly on E-bay. Get yourself registered as an E-bay seller and you can see what they have been selling for in completed auctions over the past month. They are very useful, I love mine.

   John White
   Shop Manager for FWW Magazine, 1998 to 2007