03-12-2017, 05:24 PM
I have been using this lock miter drawer bit from Rockler. On my table, with a split fence.
Lock miter bit
My drawers are plywood. I ran off a set of 1/2" thick drawers, and the cuts were clean. I ran into trouble with 3/4 ply though. The front and rear faces came out clean, but I got lots of shredding and blowout on the sides (which are run vertically). First I tried making a single pass, very, very slowly and lots of pressure against the fence. Then I tried doing it in two passes, first with a 1/4" spacer (initial cuts were very clean) and a final pass against the fence -- same issue. I managed to make a drawer out of it, but it looks like the aftermath of something terrible and wrong....
Advice?
Thanks all.
Lock miter bit
My drawers are plywood. I ran off a set of 1/2" thick drawers, and the cuts were clean. I ran into trouble with 3/4 ply though. The front and rear faces came out clean, but I got lots of shredding and blowout on the sides (which are run vertically). First I tried making a single pass, very, very slowly and lots of pressure against the fence. Then I tried doing it in two passes, first with a 1/4" spacer (initial cuts were very clean) and a final pass against the fence -- same issue. I managed to make a drawer out of it, but it looks like the aftermath of something terrible and wrong....
Advice?
Thanks all.
Best,
Aram, always learning
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Web: My woodworking photo site
Aram, always learning
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Web: My woodworking photo site