Question Oval Master... blades?

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We recently picked up an Oval Master oval mat and glass cutter, made be C+H (I think, it only says Oval Master on it). I looks like the 789-A model.

I can't seem to source blades for it! It seems to be quite an old machine... anyone have any words of wisdom?

Thanks,
Kari
 
I just threw a number out there. That's what I paid for one a couple years ago. If you're happy with that number then your welcome, if not then it's not my fault! I was just making it up!! ;)
 
Jerry Ervin said:
I have one I would like to get rid of. It weighs a ton and I am tired of moving it around.

Scrap price by the pound could add up.
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I only got $6 for one of my dry mount presses that way! Something like 3 cents per pound. I would have sold it but it did crazy fun stuff like burst into flames at the power switch.
 
The Oval Cutter has not been manufactured for about six years now. The spare parts and blades have slowly been phased out also, and now the blades are no longer available (except for the glass wheels and some glass wheel stems). The OT3 and OT4 were ground out of one piece of steel. There are none of these around. The OT5 and OT6 are stems that held a blade that was shaped like an arrow head (OT8). These blades were all custom made. There is an xacto blade that looks similar to the OT8 blade, so if you have an OT5 or OT6 blade holder it is possible that you can use one of these xacto blades in place of the OT8 - I have never tried it. I saw a similar xacto blade on dick blick's website yesterday - it was their #23 under the xacto blade section. If you need more specific information please email me.
 
The original cutters were OT-3 and OT-8.

The OT-3 came in two varieties, one for a bevel cut and another for a “straight” vertical cut. Both need sharpening on occasion. It is difficult to sharpen them, IMO.

The OT-8 is just a blade (sort of like a guitar pick) which also needs occasional sharpening. It is designed to fit into a holder (but I can't find it in the United catalog.) The OT-8 is more difficult to use but the depth can be adjusted to cut deeper materials such as foam board. There were two varieties of the OT-8 as well.

United offers a Conversion set of oval blade holders which take Dexter #3 blades, so you don’t have to try to re-sharpen them.

These conversion sets are: straight holder is # 4284; the bevel holder, #4285. I don’t have those particular models, but I have something similar and mine beat the OvalMaster’s OEM by a mile.
 
patty kay said:
...The OT3 and OT4 were ground out of one piece of steel. There are none of these around.
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Indeed...probably not too many around - but check Ebay from time to time....amazing odds and ends show up there. These two designs of "one piece" blades were designed for cutting small sized ovals to minimize the "leaning" oval from being so apparent.

...The OT5 and OT6 are stems that held a blade that was shaped like an arrow head (OT8). These blades were all custom made....
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Also correct....

These "two piece" blades were designed for standard sized ovals/circle cuts. One was beveled and the second straight.

If you have one of these blade holders, you might still be able to make it function, but using Dexter No. 3 blades. Many framers adopted Dexter blades in this holder rather than re-sharpening the original blade. When properly installed in a two piece holder, the dimension from the blade tip to the top of the holder should be 2-5/8 inches.

Regards,

John
 
Our local wholesale had(as of the spring catalog)the oval master blades in it.....Anyone else familiar enough with Lex framing to know if this is actually the case,or if it just got re printed in the catalog(editing error of sorts)? L.
 
Larson-Juhl still carries the OT8 blades, item no 16208 for 6. I used an old C&H Oval cutter for years at Michaels long before opening my own shop; we always used the standard Dexter blades (not sure of the #) in the OT8 holder and well do I remember setting the 2-5/8" length. But the OT8 blades do curve and cut the curves a little better, especially on small ovals. The one-piece shaft with blade on the end, when I discovered it existed, was inevitably the best of all of these and did away with oval "leaning". Larson also lists a No. OBK 199 Oval Master Tool kit (16212) that would bear researching to see what it has in it...may have some of the holder stems and a glass cutter wheel stem as well.
 
dieselstudios said:
We recently picked up an Oval Master oval mat and glass cutter, made be C+H (I think, it only says Oval Master on it). I looks like the 789-A model.

I can't seem to source blades for it! It seems to be quite an old machine... anyone have any words of wisdom?

Thanks,
Kari
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I was told that they quit manufacturing this machine 6 years ago hence blades are non-existent for it probably.
 
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