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ksaub73:
I am sort of uneasy to route for T molding as i don't want to ruin my cabinet. Is it really that hard with the right tools? I just don't want to turn one of my sides into a "scrap" piece of wood. I did cut and measure the entire cabinet with the help of a friend so i know my way around the tools. Tips would be helpful

MYX:
Please try a search. There is a lot of info concerning this already on the BYOAC forums.

leapinlew:

--- Quote from: ksaub73 on June 05, 2006, 11:51:34 am ---I am sort of uneasy to route for T molding as i don't want to ruin my cabinet. Is it really that hard with the right tools? I just don't want to turn one of my sides into a "scrap" piece of wood. I did cut and measure the entire cabinet with the help of a friend so i know my way around the tools. Tips would be helpful

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Simply take a peice of scrap and do some practice cuts. At some point your gonna have to grow a pair and make the cut....

If you screw up - it can usually be fixed with some bondo work.

ahofle:
Yep, practice on scrap pieces until you have the router depth perfectly set (test fit the t-molding to make sure it's perfectly centered on the scrap wood).  Then it's a piece of cake on the real wood once you have the depth setting locked in IMO.

Taborious:
Take care in you measurement of "center" when making your route cut. If you are going to have formica on one side that will increase you width by 1/16 of an inch. I which you may want wider t-molding.

Also, when mounting the router bit on its spindle  make sure you do it correctly, if you mount it upside down it will spin backwards and just burn through the wood. Trust me you will know if its mounted correctly once you hit the wood. If correct it will be smooth and simple...

As Leap mentioned grab some scrap wood and practice until you are comfortable with the tool...

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