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On Tuesday, July 22, 2014 12:21:24 PM UTC-4, Bob Engelhardt wrote:
On 7/22/2014 12:10 PM, Bob Engelhardt wrote:

How about this:




- 1 pass through the router with a 3/8" straight cutter


- 2 passes through the table saw with the blade tilted to your angle


(stock turned end-to-end for 2nd pass)




If grove is not centered on the stock, the 2nd saw pass would require


moving the fence. Or better, having an offset piece clamped to the fence.




No bit changes, or set up changes except for the possible saw fence offset.




Bob






oh, wait ... your angle is more than 45 degrees (90 - 41-1/2 = 48-1/2)

and your table saw blade might not tilt more than 45 (mine doesn't).

You could get around this by lifting the fence side of the stock, but

that's getting kind of ugly.



Still, overall, it's fast, straight forward, cheap, simple, ...



Bob


Indeed, the calculated angle is 41.6°. But as I replied to Paul, I'm thinking that I should do some actual measuring rather than going by the sketch from the supplier. I will do so later today.