On Dec 14, 12:36*pm, LdB wrote:
On 12/13/2012 8:35 PM, DerbyDad03 wrote:





Some of you may be following my previous thread about making cabinet
doors.

Does anyone know if the stack rail and stile bits shown midway down
this page are any good? I wonder if they are one of those tools trying
to be good at multiple things but not really good at any.

http://www.amazon.com/MLCS-Stacked-R.../dp/B000MXMK5I

MLCS Woodworking Stacked Rail and Stile Router Bit Demo.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtHZefxbw0k

I'm half way through my second set of cupboards with this bit

http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/pag...=1,46168,69435,....

No sign of wear but that's to be expected with Lee Valley. That being
said I wouldn't get another stacked set again. Pain in the butt to
realign the blades.


Unless I'm mistaken, there's a big difference between the stacked bit
that I asked about vs. the revesible bit that you linked to.

The stack bit has three cutters and only requires a height adjustment,
not a dismantling of a two cutter bit to change the configuration.


Besides the blades that you can see in the photo, there are at least
four shims that have to be positioned properly to get a pattern match.
If I ever loose the paper diagram of the blade/shim *set up it will be
a royal pain to figure out the alignment again.

Next time I'll get a matched set

http://www.leevalley.com/en/Wood/pag...=1,46168,69435,....

Lee Valley products are top quality as is their customer service.

Here's a photo of the cupboards I built for my kitchen

http://s715.beta.photobucket.com/use...cupboards3.jpg...

The wood is called Tamarack (Larch?) from a local sawmill. The locals
mostly use it for firewood.

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