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Which router bit for blood groove? - Herb G - 03-15-2016
What kind of router bit do you use to make a blood groove in a cutting board?
Thanks for any help.
Re: Which router bit for blood groove? - greenacres2 - 03-15-2016
I use a core box bit, normally 1/2", but on smaller cutting boards i've used 3/8". I use an adjustable jig and guide template when i do it.
earl
Re: Which router bit for blood groove? - bennybmn - 03-15-2016
Core box here too. I also use a guide and template. My one piece of advice would be to make sure to do one final clean up pass, as it can burn going around corners, transitioning thru the grain.
Re: Which router bit for blood groove? - TucsonLawrence - 03-15-2016
+1 - core box bit...
When I did mine I used a piece of MDF and a template to make my juice groove-- the template I double stick taped to the board with psa tape (make sure to use enough) and I added a couple of clamps which I would move as they got in the way of the router.
Now if I were doing it, I'd probably throw it on my CNC
Lawrence
Re: Which router bit for blood groove? - Buckhunter - 03-15-2016
I used a round nose bit with a bushing and a MDF template
Re: Which router bit for blood groove? - BigD - 03-16-2016
TucsonLawrence said:
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Now if I were doing it, I'd probably throw it on my CNC
Lawrence
my CNC----
Is that a stealth gloat ???
Re: Which router bit for blood groove? - fredhargis - 03-16-2016
TucsonLawrence said:
Now if I were doing it, I'd probably throw it on my CNC
Lawrence
Would you still use the core box bit?
Re: Which router bit for blood groove? - TucsonLawrence - 03-16-2016
yep... kindof a stealth gloat (I recently got a 25 x 25 Next Wave with a 1.75 hp porter cable router on it)
And yes, I'd still use the same core box bit... just program several passes, a few almost to full depth and then a clean up pass... just like I would do with a router.
Lawrence
Re: Which router bit for blood groove? - Cooler - 03-17-2016
I measured the "juice groove" (sounds better than "blood groove") on my commercially produced cutting board. A half inch diameter core box bit would make that groove.
http://www.carbideprocessors.com/round-nose-bit-1-2-dia-5-8-cut-length-1-4-shank-whiteside-1404/