Instructions.
Step 1) Machine grove with T-slot cutter.
Step 2) Push t-molding into grove.
Step 3) Have cool beer, you are now finished.
Seriously, it is no harder than this.
I read a lot of quotes like this when I was building mine, but for me, the t-molding installation was BY FAR the most difficult piece and now that my cab is relatively finished it's the one piece that looks the worst on my cab.
My first problem was assembling the cab before cutting the tmolding slot (the BYOAC book said either was acceptable, but I found the hard way that the 2nd alternative just created WAY to many problems). Trying to push the router, it wouldn't stay flat and the grove wouldn't cut straight, etc.
My 2nd issue was ordering a slot cutter bit. Different people suggested different size bit for different tmolding. I bought the wrong one, then installed it upside down and dulled the cutter...then by the time I figured it out I was in a hurry to get it done and couldn't wait for the right size bit so attempted to do a "cut twice" scenario...anyway, REALLY screwed up my cuts! And on top of that, since the blade was dull black smoke would billow out like it was on fire! Made my cutting miserable. Then the slots were the right depth in some places and not in others, and too wide in some ares and not wide enough in others....Then people said I could just glue or nail it in and the glueing didn't work no matter what glue I tried..and the nailing works, but you can really tell where the nails are just looking at it.
All in all, the whole thing was the most disatrous part for me. I will say that once I got the right bit in and tried it on some wood that was laying flat, it worked like a charm! If only I'd have done that from the start
