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DeathDealer:
I use hot glue for T-molding that does not want to stay in the groove. It works exellent and its pretty hard to get out.Hope it helps!!
DrewKaree:
--- Quote from: Gideon on March 27, 2004, 12:27:12 pm ---If this is true, why do most people use a router?
--- End quote ---
Lemme explain; I do LOTS of cabinet work and require a dedicated biscuit cutter. It does one thing, and does that one thing easier than anything else.
Picture the difference between using a brace & bit and a drill/bit combo. They both do the same thing, one does it easier. Check a biscuit cutter out. The fence allows you to keep a hand on that to keep it in contact with the workpiece while the other operates the tool. In use, I find it easier (therefore better).
Doug IS correct in saying it isn't problematic to use a router, however, a quick search of this board will show you multiple examples of router mistakes. I would stake tall cash on the biscuit cutter giving excellent results while being easier to use.
To further answer the question of why most people use a router, let me take a quick poll.
Everyone who would spend $100+ dollars on a tool that can ONLY do one thing (and you will probably NEVER use it again) instead of a tool that could do multiple things, raise your hand.
See, no one raised their hand. (btw, try running that same question by a wife. Bet she has a problem with the router too!)
That's the REAL reason most people use a router. Building a cab is expensive enough without buying single-use power tools they'll never need again. I happen to possess BOTH tools, including a slot-cutting bit for my router; without fail I reach for the biscuit cutter.
If they made biscuit cutters in the $20 range, I state without reservation that it would FAST become the "recommended" way on this forum to cut t-molding slots. A dedicated biscuit cutter is easier to keep in contact with your workpiece and adjusts easily, thereby making it easier to get a better final product, which is all anyone is trying to achieve with their cab.
I posted that info IN CASE he had one, but also for others who DO have one and may have never thought to use it for this purpose, and for someone who may have been able to talk their wife into letting them spend that much on a single-use tool. ;D
Gideon:
I see. Thanks for clearing that up.
NoOne=NBA=:
I'd never thought about using a biscuit cutter for T-molding.
That would solve the "rollover" problems on corners, which I think are the most common "oops" made.
And, for the record, opening all the windows was NOT because I was getting loopy on the epoxy fumes.
It was actually to prevent my wife from throwing me through one when she got home.
Bitnerd:
Damn guys, I didn't think this question was going to lead to an all out ground war! ;D I do appreciate everyones input though. I am ordering the T-molding this Friday. I have a sneaking suspicion that my new dremel is going to become my best friend on projects like this.
P.S. Hmmmmmmm maybe the term "ground war" was too strong here. Y'all kept it pretty civil.
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