Slotted router bit for T-molding UK?

[chucklepie]

Hello,
I'm having trouble sourcing a router bit for T-Molding.

It's a case of 'rip-off Britain'. I can see they are about $14 in USA but in the UK there are only a few suppliers and they range in price, averaging about £40 ($64).

You'd think one of the arcade component suppliers (or even someone selling on this or other forums) would source them and sell them at a decent price.

For a one-off job there's no way I'm paying that price, so unless somebody knows of a place I'll just sand my edges round or find a wood shop who'll do it.

[Bengaz]

Where did you buy your controls from mate?

Im in UK too.

[chucklepie]

I haven't.

But it'll be http://www.gremlinsolutions.co.uk/

They seem the only place around. If you add postage to Ultimarc then there's no difference in cost. I'm planning on 2 players with six buttons in Street Fighter layout and there's enough room (66cm) on the panel for a trackball and spinner if I want. After that I'm going to stick on a couple of AimTrack light guns.

[striyka]

Just bought my .080 slot cutter and arbor from the usa.  Cheapest I could find in Australia was $60 delivered. I got the slot cutter and 12m of t-moulding delivered in aus for $62

www.t-moulding.com

[j69ant]

Hi,

did you have any luck with the router bit..

ive just purchased my wood and a router today and am hoping to make a start this weekend.. my router came with a 3mm router bit, but the t-moulding should be 2.3mm. im wondering if .7 of a mm will make a differnce to the fit..

[chucklepie]

Most t moldings use 1/16 inch which is about 1.5mm

the one i need is  7/64 which is about 2.7mm. So if yours is not the exception You could be making it too wide. Though the size 3/32 - 2.3mm - is the width of the barbs for the 1.5mm molding. If i were you i'd double check the size.

These imperial sizes and different denominators do your head in i think.

[sockgoblin]

got mine from wealdontool.com they are based in kent

[wcndave]

I also got mine from wealdon.

Got the slot cutter, arbour and bearing.

[chucklepie]

Just shows the markup though. The bit at wealdon and elsewhere is about £26. In the US it is £8. I was buying my t-moulding from the US as they don't stock my type here so it was cheaper to buy the bit (and t-molding) and pay postage than buy them from UK excluding the postage.

[sockgoblin]

scandulous

[chucklepie]

Well, my slotted bit and t-molding arrived today (from groovygamegear), took about 9 days in total, so not bad 

I paid $54 dollars in total, but if I bought the 'standard' t-molding it would have been $50 (i.e. about £30). The molding looks absolutely beautiful too and seems to fit exactly th 18mm MDF and won't need trimming (well, from a quick try).

Given if I bought the t-molding from one of the few UK sites it would have cost almost the same without the bit, so I'd recommend anyone from the UK do this.

[wcndave]

Not sure the price is about markup.  The US has a slightly larger population, and a larger proportion of woodworkers owing to the space available.

It gets worse here in Italy, the price is double that of UK.  I could not find the slot cutter for less than £60.

I do try to source locally where possible, and then from UK, with states as last resort, to support local trade, and reduce my carbon handprint....

I got my t-moulding from gremlin, and it was not so much more expensive, and sometimes, the delivery man bringing me a parcel from the US will charge me a 40% import duty, so it sort of evens out.

[chucklepie]

I got my t-moulding from gremlin

The thing I like about Gremlin is they have responded to every email I sent them, even the most stupid questions and they were very helpful on the phone too. That alone has made me buy everything from them regardless (the thing I bought above they don't sell). GGG and T-Molding could learn a lot from the above with regard customer service (i.e. actually responding to people regardless how busy they are).

btw, I created a little video of using my new slotted bit to cut the groove for my arcade cabinet.

[j69ant]

Hi Chucklepie...

Do you mind if i ask about the delivery cost from GGG..

Ive priced up moulding and the router bit at $42.. but the delivery to the uk came in at another $54 !!!

Did you email them and ask for a slower but cheaper delivery option ?

Thanks

[chucklepie]

Ive priced up moulding and the router bit at $42.. but the delivery to the uk came in at another $54 !!!

This is what I bought: http://negnegneg.blogspot.co.uk/2012/10/day-14-first-order-tricky-bits-of-wood.html

Did you select the standard US postal service as that is a fraction of the cost of the DHL option and my stuff arrived in about 8 days.

I bought the most expensive T-molding at the site ($0.65 for 20 foot came to $13), the router bit cost $19.95. Total of $33. Delivery came to about $20 (the exact bill is in the house), i.e. a total of $54, which is £33.

Go to somewhere in the uk (e.g. Gremlin solutions) and you are looking at £20 plus delivery for the T-molding alone (about three times the cost effectively), and another £27 for the router bit, so that's almost £20 more in the UK.

[h3rm1t]

The components I got from Wealdon for a 3/4 T-Molding and a 1/4 inch Router were......
 
T5415 Groover:
 
http://www.wealdentool.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Groover_134.html
 
T3010 Arbor:
 
http://www.wealdentool.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Arbor_Standard_133.html
 
TB880 bearing (for an 8mm depth groove or TB760 for a 10mm depth groove:
 
http://www.wealdentool.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Bearings_17.html

Hope this helps some people.

[vaderag]

The components I got from Wealdon for a 3/4 T-Molding and a 1/4 inch Router were......
 
T5415 Groover:
 
http://www.wealdentool.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Groover_134.html
 
T3010 Arbor:
 
http://www.wealdentool.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Arbor_Standard_133.html
 
TB880 bearing (for an 8mm depth groove or TB760 for a 10mm depth groove:
 
http://www.wealdentool.com/acatalog/Online_Catalogue_Bearings_17.html

Hope this helps some people.

I know this is an old thread, but I just wanted to say thanks - this was immensely useful as this was one part i was really struggling to track down at a reasonable price!