Quad Trimmer With Carbon Steel Blades

Another poorly designed trimmer. It may work fine for thin plastic edgebanding but it doesn't work with wood veneer edgebanding. It doesn't cut the wood, it tears it. I ordered the carbide replacement blades at the same time thinking that when the carbon steel blades wore out I would replace them. When the steel blades failed to perform well, I switched to the carbide blades thinking that they would work better but I was wrong; they were actually worse! Save your money.

I bought this item directly from FastCap when I was using their PVC edge banding on some kitchen cabinets and it worked beautifully. You want to practice on a test piece first to determine the right amount of squeezing-pressure. If you squeeze too hard, you'll take off too much of the edge banding and scrape the piece you're covering. If you don't press hard enough, you won't get a clean, flush edge. After a few practice cuts, it worked perfectly on my cabinets and saved me a ton of time I would have otherwise spent with a utility knife or scissors and the edges wouldn't have been so clean. I haven't tried it on wood edge banding so I can't comment on that use. I absolutely think it was worth the money for the my PVC banding and would recommend it. The only reason I didn't give it five stars is because I think it's a little pricey, but if you're doing a large number of edges, buy it - you won't regret it.