I have a set of three cabinet bits that I recently bought for use on my
router table - using a DeWalt 618 on a Woodpecker raiser. So, I've read up
on what little I can find on these bits from MLCS and a couple of personal
sites online and tried the "miter lock" and then, the "door (seems like
drawer is more appropriate) lock" on a piece of spruce 3/4" x 6" x 8" and
did *not* use my featherboards (Yea, stupid). These bits really want to
pitch the wood back at you. Oh yea, the one site said to take the entire
depth in one pass because setting up for a matching cut would be hard to
duplicate. Am I right in tinking that you make each successive depth change
on all pieces to avoid this? I'm thinking that I'm going to have to make a
ZC fence add-on for these cuts (on 12" deep drawers) and definitely get my
featherboards on the fence and on the table, right? And, I could really use
some better directions on these things. They are wicked even at the slowest
speed setting.
TIA,
Chuck
C & E wrote:
> Oh yea, the one site said to take the entire
> depth in one pass because setting up for a matching cut would be hard to
> duplicate. Am I right in tinking that you make each successive depth change
> on all pieces to avoid this?
You could do that. Alternately, you could set up the fence for a
full-depth cut, and then use one or more spacers between the work and
the fence. That way the cut that you care about is accurate.
Chris
I have one of these bits but only used it once. I would never attempt a
single pass. Far too much wood to be removed, even in soft woods like pine.
The instructions are correct that the bit height needs to be adjusted to the
correct height for the wood thickness, but you can easily start with the
FENCE allowing a small cut. I do this often. Start small, move the fence
back e.g., 1/8 at a time. I do this as a hobby, so spending several minutes
to make a single, but safe cut is not a problem for me.
Dave Paine.
"C & E" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I have a set of three cabinet bits that I recently bought for use on my
>router table - using a DeWalt 618 on a Woodpecker raiser. So, I've read up
>on what little I can find on these bits from MLCS and a couple of personal
>sites online and tried the "miter lock" and then, the "door (seems like
>drawer is more appropriate) lock" on a piece of spruce 3/4" x 6" x 8" and
>did *not* use my featherboards (Yea, stupid). These bits really want to
>pitch the wood back at you. Oh yea, the one site said to take the entire
>depth in one pass because setting up for a matching cut would be hard to
>duplicate. Am I right in tinking that you make each successive depth
>change on all pieces to avoid this? I'm thinking that I'm going to have to
>make a ZC fence add-on for these cuts (on 12" deep drawers) and definitely
>get my featherboards on the fence and on the table, right? And, I could
>really use some better directions on these things. They are wicked even at
>the slowest speed setting.
> TIA,
> Chuck
>