Routing a groove length of a 2x4
Seems to me that this is job for a router table.
Need to put a groove down the length of a small (less than 3 feet) 2x4. Was thinking I could do this by hand. It's a small groove. Not more than 3/8 of a inch or so and only about 1/2 deep. Thoughts, recommendations? MJ |
Routing a groove length of a 2x4
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Routing a groove length of a 2x4
On Oct 5, 8:21*pm, "
wrote: Seems to me that this is job for a router table. Need to put a groove down the length of a small (less than 3 feet) 2x4. Was thinking I could do this by hand. It's a small groove. Not more than 3/8 of a inch or so and only about 1/2 deep. Thoughts, recommendations? You could do it with a circular saw and a sawboard. With the right blade you can get excellent results and it pretty much eliminates splintering. You'd just have to take a couple of passes and move the sawboard a bit for the second cut. http://www.rochesterwoodworkers.org/...r/Sawboard.pdf R |
Routing a groove length of a 2x4
Swingman wrote in
: wrote: Seems to me that this is job for a router table. Need to put a groove down the length of a small (less than 3 feet) 2x4. Was thinking I could do this by hand. It's a small groove. Not more than 3/8 of a inch or so and only about 1/2 deep. Thoughts, recommendations? MJ Either a router table with a fence, or a dado stack in the table saw ... depends on what you have. Personally, I would go for the dado stack on the TS, but I'm set up to do that quicker, but either will work. 3/8" wide would only be 3-4 passes with a standard blade. No dado stack needed. Puckdropper -- "The potential difference between the top and bottom of a tree is the reason why all trees have to be grounded..." -- Bored Borg on rec.woodworking To email me directly, send a message to puckdropper (at) fastmail.fm |
Routing a groove length of a 2x4
"Puckdropper" puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com wrote in message ... Swingman wrote in : wrote: Seems to me that this is job for a router table. Need to put a groove down the length of a small (less than 3 feet) 2x4. Was thinking I could do this by hand. It's a small groove. Not more than 3/8 of a inch or so and only about 1/2 deep. Thoughts, recommendations? MJ Either a router table with a fence, or a dado stack in the table saw ... depends on what you have. Personally, I would go for the dado stack on the TS, but I'm set up to do that quicker, but either will work. 3/8" wide would only be 3-4 passes with a standard blade. No dado stack needed. Puckdropper -- Either router table or table saw (no dado). |
Routing a groove length of a 2x4
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Routing a groove length of a 2x4
On Mon, 5 Oct 2009 17:21:36 -0700 (PDT), "
wrote: Seems to me that this is job for a router table. Need to put a groove down the length of a small (less than 3 feet) 2x4. Was thinking I could do this by hand. It's a small groove. Not more than 3/8 of a inch or so and only about 1/2 deep. Thoughts, recommendations? MJ Tablesaw. Probably I would not bother with a dado blade, a few passes and you're done. To perfectly center the groove, flip the board. |
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