Where can I buy a canoe bit for a tabletop router? Also known as "ball and socket"....

"hdivr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> Anyone know where to purchase a set for grooving 1" or 1-1/2" lumber?
> I've seen plenty small bits on Ebay and the like but haven't found
> anything for 1-1/2" height?

http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=30155&cat=1,46168,46184

Look here

http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/smarthtml/pages/bt_flute.html


This is what I used for my canoe ( the 5/16" version). These do not
work well with a cheap router. The bead bit wobbled like crazy in my
old crafstman. Worked fine with the dewault.

Rich

"Nova" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> The subject indicates "canoe bit". I'd sure hate to portage a canoe
> made out of 1.5" lumber.

Maybe it's a war canoe.

hdivr wrote:

> I'm looking to build an outdoor cedar barrel sauna and was thinking
> tongue and grove. I looked on manufacturers website and it seems that
> they use a "ball and socket" type joint to join the staves together.
>
> Anyone know where to purchase a set for grooving 1" or 1-1/2" lumber?
> I've seen plenty small bits on Ebay and the like but haven't found
> anything for 1-1/2" height?
>

See:

http://allita.net/Projects/omnicat5/index.php?cat_id=0

If the link doesn't bring up the page search for:

655-701 - FLUTE AND BEAD SET

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Upscale wrote:
> "hdivr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>
>>Anyone know where to purchase a set for grooving 1" or 1-1/2" lumber?
>>I've seen plenty small bits on Ebay and the like but haven't found
>>anything for 1-1/2" height?
>
>
> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=30155&cat=1,46168,46184

That bit is for 1/4" lumber. The OP was looking for 1" or 1.5".

Chris

This is really a job for a shaper, not a router, and a healthy one
at that. You can look at car siding, a standard mill shape, that
may accomplish what you are after. I don't know about
availability in cedar. A local mill shop may run the material for
you.

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"hdivr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm looking to build an outdoor cedar barrel sauna and was
> thinking
> tongue and grove. I looked on manufacturers website and it
> seems that
> they use a "ball and socket" type joint to join the staves
> together.
>
> Anyone know where to purchase a set for grooving 1" or 1-1/2"
> lumber?
> I've seen plenty small bits on Ebay and the like but haven't
> found
> anything for 1-1/2" height?
>

hdivr wrote:
> I'm looking to build an outdoor cedar barrel sauna and was thinking
> tongue and grove. I looked on manufacturers website and it seems
> that
> they use a "ball and socket" type joint to join the staves together.
>
> Anyone know where to purchase a set for grooving 1" or 1-1/2"
> lumber?
> I've seen plenty small bits on Ebay and the like but haven't found
> anything for 1-1/2" height?

You might want to look at the Lee Valley internal and external
half-radius bullnose bits
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=30156&cat=1,46168 and
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&p=30157&cat=1,46168. They
can go up to 1-1/4 inch and the radii are matched for each size.

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Chris Friesen wrote:

> Upscale wrote:
>
>> "hdivr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>>
>>> Anyone know where to purchase a set for grooving 1" or 1-1/2" lumber?
>>> I've seen plenty small bits on Ebay and the like but haven't found
>>> anything for 1-1/2" height?
>>
>>
>>
>> http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=1&p=30155&cat=1,46168,46184
>
>
> That bit is for 1/4" lumber. The OP was looking for 1" or 1.5".
>
> Chris

The subject indicates "canoe bit". I'd sure hate to portage a canoe
made out of 1.5" lumber.

--
Jack Novak
Buffalo, NY - USA
[email protected]

"hdivr" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> I'm looking to build an outdoor cedar barrel sauna and was thinking
> tongue and grove. I looked on manufacturers website and it seems that
> they use a "ball and socket" type joint to join the staves together.
>
> Anyone know where to purchase a set for grooving 1" or 1-1/2" lumber?
> I've seen plenty small bits on Ebay and the like but haven't found
> anything for 1-1/2" height?
>

You might check with Amana, they make these bits for Tambours, they might
make larger ones.