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Cutting a t-molding groove without a t-slot cutter.

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Bones:

I am toying with the idea of making some design changes mid construction of my cab, if I go ahead I will be left with two pieces of MDF each around 8 inches in length that will need to have a t-slot re-cut.

I am unable to get my router into this space and use a t-slot cutter due to partial assembly of the cab.

I thought I could mark the MDF with a sharp knife a few times and then use a slot-sized diameter drill to make a line of close holes until I have something that resembles a groove. I figure it could then be tidied up with a small file, sandpaper or even a hand saw.

Any better ideas on how this could be done?

daywane:

just with out looking at problem spot, I would just trim off the "T" and glue the molding in place.

Bones:

Think outside the circle huh?

It is a simple solution......

toolaa:

Cutting off the grip on the T molding is a good idea, but you might wand to consider using a dremmel tool.

javeryh:

If the router won't get in there because there isn't enough flat surface to run on, you might consider building a jig.  This happend to me as well and to solve the problem I built up the surface that the router needed to run on and just extended the slot cutting bit a few inches.  I only had to build the jig about 2 inches tall though... it took a while to build the jig but I am very happy I did it in the end...

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