Using raised panel cutter in spindle

[gskinner]

I have an entry door project that will have some elaborate arced raised panels. It is easy to cut them out on the CNC router but has anyone used a raised panel profile cutter in the spindle to do the panel raise? I have a Columbo 3hp spindle but not sure if the large cutter would do any harm to it. Also if you have what spindle speed and feed speed did you use?

Thanks

[Gary Campbell]

George...
The very first cuts I made on the Bot were cutting out the profile of a rounded corner octagon/square hybrid banquette table. It worked so well that I decided to cut the profile in the edge with the RP bit also. The Designer selected that profile to match the existing kitchen doors.

I used a 2 1/2" panel raiser with the bearing removed. I eyeballed the bottom of the cutter to the top of the material and cut it at 15,000 RPM, 1/4" stepdown at 1.5 ips. I then took a final pass at 1 ips and .020 depth
(HSD 4hp)
Gary