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How to fit in the Groove or Dado

June 1, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Router Tips

This a sure fire way to make sure the plywood will fit everytime…You can use this technique for more than one application and once you see how easy it is to cut you will wish you thought of it.

http://www.routerworkshop.net/freecontents/tip102/tip102.flv

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5 Responses to “How to fit in the Groove or Dado”

  1. Jim Harbour on June 1st, 2009 9:39 pm

    I followed the link. Nothing happens. Just a black screen.

    Jim: You have to be patient as the stream is loading…

  2. James Wade on June 2nd, 2009 6:39 am

    Ric,
    With all these tips you give out, I can understand why TRW was so popular.
    You make it so simple for us beginners,
    James

  3. richard welton on June 2nd, 2009 10:07 am

    thank you for the great tip. I sure appreciate the work it takes to bring us these tips.

    Thanks again richard

  4. john beach on June 2nd, 2009 8:50 pm

    If you trap the plywood between the table and the bit, won’t it grab hold and throw the wood?

    No John, first you are not trapping the wood, the rabbet bit is cutting the material on the cutting side of the router bit. This is the same as if you were cutting it from the top. The purpose of this technique is to control the thickness of the cut, because your objective is to have a certain thickness in the end you must focus on making sure the piece stays tight to the table top.

    Next, the only way the material can be taken away from you is if you are cutting on the wrong side of the router bit. This means the bit is pulling the material away from you. If you are staying on the cutting side of the bit and feeding into the router bit the material will stay in your control.

    Side point: As with the process of milling all material you must keep the piece in position with regards to the set up. This means you need to keep it tight to the fence and table during milling.

    Thanks for the question,

    Regards,

    Rick

  5. jay on June 3rd, 2009 8:59 am

    Thanks so much You explain every thing so clearly . Thanks again Jay

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