what kind of dremel bit for t-molding

[hyiu]

Hi All:

I would like to install t-molding on the control panel and cabinet.  I already got a dremel tool from Home Depot, but I don't have the right bit to route the narrow slot.  I checked t-molding.com, they do have that tool bit, but it costs $31 + S&H (which I think is a little too much... I can buy 2 competition sticks + buttons for that $$)  

Can anyone tell me what is the name of that bit, or what width is that narrow slot ?? So that I can try look for it in local hardware store ?? (or is it the that expensive everywhere else ??)

Thank you for all your help/advise !!!!!

[Jakobud]

Okay first of all, if you have access to a router, I would use that instead of a dremel, simply because it will be much easier to control.  If you insist on using a dremel, at least make sure you use a router attachment for it.

Okay for the bit, you need a 1/16" slot cutting bit.  I just did this procedure (but with a router) a few weeks ago. It's super easy. Took 2 minutes.

Yes, they are expensive.  My buddy happened to have the exact bit I needed so I didn't have to purchase. But, it will run you probably $20-30 unfortunately.

Here is a website with a picture of what a slot cutting bit looks like:

http://www.woodsmithstore.com/slot.html

They are a little cheaper to order there, but they are not the right size.  Get a 1/16" one.

Hope this helps.

Jakobud

[hyiu]

Thanx, Jakobud...
I also saw from another message... some guy is
using Carbide Cutter/Shaping Wheel for the job...
and its a Dremel part 542.... Cost about $15....
I'll see if I can get it anywhere local....

I do not have a router, but I do have a router attachment for my dremel, so, I will have to stick to that for now...  

Thanks again !!!!

[SteveJ]

Thanx, Jakobud...
I also saw from another message... some guy is
using Carbide Cutter/Shaping Wheel for the job...
and its a Dremel part 542.... Cost about $15....
I'll see if I can get it anywhere local....

I do not have a router, but I do have a router attachment for my dremel, so, I will have to stick to that for now...

[me]

welllll...henry...there is an EASIER way...you been to my house right...in case you did not notice.....my dual joystick are the white cabinet uses somethin called BATTEN STRIPS...still not sure if thats what you call it...its very easy....all you gotta do is get 2 strips for the whole cabinet or 1 strip for control panel.it only cost $2 a piece..i got them from ACE hardware...and BLACK tacks cost like a BUCk....so total cost $3 and all you need is a HAMMER...its looks very very similer to t-molding...OR THERE IS ANOTHER "EVIL" WAY..this might sound stupid but you can go to home depot and get a router then once you done you can go back and get a refund ...funny but works...i did it when i did not have a saw...good luck....the batten stirips are usually 3/4 and mostly BLACK...from ACE hardware..

[Mike]

This how i did it and it made it much easier. For anything that was pretty flat I use a cirular saw raised up so that it only went into the particle board like 3/4" then i used the router just on bends that i couldn't get the skil saw in. It was ten times easier than trying to do it all free hand with a router.

[Mike]

One other thing, that wasn't my idea to use the circular saw originally. Someone else had posted something about it and how easy it was.

[1UP]

BTW, a Ryobi router at Home Depot costs less than buying a Dremel kit, router attachment, and router bits.

[aaron]

as far as the dremel causing a HUGE mess when cutting mdf, thats very easily fixed if you have a shopvac, just have another person hold the shop vac near the dremel, you dont even have to be that close, me and a friend did it when it was about a foot away from the actual dremel, and NO mess at all...

[Franco B]

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Back on subject.... If I was you I would buy a router and the propper slotting bit. It will cost you slightly more $$$ but routers really are a versatile tool. I only bought a cheap one but its paid for itself 1000 times over.

[M3talhead]

Well, that's definitely a vagina.....

[Barry Barcrest]

Back on subject.... If I was you I would buy a router and the propper slotting bit. It will cost you slightly more $$$ but routers really are a versatile tool. I only bought a cheap one but its paid for itself 1000 times over.

LOL This original thred is from 2002....

[Franco B]

Ha! I didnt even notice when the date of the previous post. What a random post to dig up to pr0n  

Anyway, everyone buy a router! 

[EvilTwin]

Hey, I am slowly planning my first cabinet, which I will start building in a couple months.


I'm slowly trying to gather the tools I'll need to do it; will this router do the job?

http://www.homedepot.ca/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CatalogSearchResultView?D=943983&Ntt=943983&catalogId=&langId=-15&storeId=10051&Dx=mode+matchallpartial&Ntx=mode+matchall&recN=0&N=0&Ntk=P_PartNumber

Or should I be looking at a 'plunge' router? I plan on putting a trackball in the control panel, if that matters.

Then I guess I'll need a 1/16" slot cutting bit?

[danny_galaga]

Well, that's definitely a vagina.....

did you click the link to make sure