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T-molding cut drifts from center after lengthy cut

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Mike A:
How well does that adapter fit? That is one extra point of slippage.

You should get a 1/4 inch collet for your router.

luizw81:

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--- Quote from: ZTylerDurden717 on November 21, 2018, 01:05:23 pm ---It's hard to tell but I'm going to lean towards it being the blade moving because I keep the same pressure and level from the beginning of the cut. 

The router is natively a 1/2" shank and it comes with a 1/4" adapter to fit this t-molding bit. Could it be that the shank is sticking out too far out from the collet?  The distance as I've read is supposed to be a "coin size" width distance but I give it more slack to get the depth I need.

edit: Attaching photo of cut.  Don't mind the wood bits sticking out in some areas since I tested the t-molding and it'll still be a tight fit.

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I had an issue for my build but it was due to not tightening it enough.

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Did you live with it or redo?

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It was on the 1st cut I did and it only drifted a bit so I kept it....you can't really tell as it only started to drift at the end of my ride side panel cut. So it's only off at the bottom

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ZTylerDurden717:

--- Quote from: Mike A on November 21, 2018, 01:45:34 pm ---How well does that adapter fit? That is one extra point of slippage.

You should get a 1/4 inch collet for your router.

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It's a 1/4" collet adapter that came with my 1/2" router.  Could still be the cause of the issue but I'm not sure.


--- Quote from: luizw81 on November 21, 2018, 02:14:53 pm ---It was on the 1st cut I did and it only drifted a bit so I kept it....you can't really tell as it only started to drift at the end of my ride side panel cut. So it's only off at the bottom

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Cool I think I'll keep my cut too. 

Jimbo:
I also f***ed it up on one of my bartop build's side panels.  Tried to use a cheap router that had good reviews.  Turns out it wasn't that good and the depth stop didn't hold so it drifted.  I'll be re-doing mine but instead making the groove wider and using glue because I'm not convinced I want it dead centre and would like some wiggle room to centre it by hand, due to it being 18mm ply but the t-molding is 3/4", and one side will have artwork on it.

ZTylerDurden717:

--- Quote from: Jimbo on November 21, 2018, 02:51:54 pm ---I also f***ed it up on one of my bartop build's side panels.  Tried to use a cheap router that had good reviews.  Turns out it wasn't that good and the depth stop didn't hold so it drifted.  I'll be re-doing mine but instead making the groove wider and using glue because I'm not convinced I want it dead centre and would like some wiggle room to centre it by hand, due to it being 18mm ply but the t-molding is 3/4", and one side will have artwork on it.

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Now that I think about it, I think that's what the issue was.  The freakin depth didn't hold and became slightly loose.

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