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Sylentwulf:
Don't have a link, but I got mine from coastal and thought the price was good.

JoeB:
These bits cost an arm and a leg here in Toronto..

I ended using an attachement to my dremel (that cost much less) and doing it REALLY REALLY slowly.

It came out very well I might add.   ;D

mmmPeanutButter:

--- Quote from: JoeB on June 24, 2004, 01:13:12 pm ---These bits cost an arm and a leg here in Toronto..


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Don't say that!   :'(

I have an old cab (with slot already cut), but I'm replacing the bottom 6 inches.  I was hoping to borrow one for the afternoon from somebody, but was also considering just buying one.

Looks like I'll go back to looking for one to borrow...

psst... anybody got a bit in Toronto they could lend me for the afternoon??  ;)

SoundDoc:

--- Quote from: mmmPeanutButter on June 24, 2004, 01:33:54 pm ---
--- Quote from: JoeB on June 24, 2004, 01:13:12 pm ---These bits cost an arm and a leg here in Toronto..


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I have an old cab (with slot already cut), but I'm replacing the bottom 6 inches.  I was hoping to borrow one for the afternoon from somebody, but was also considering just buying one.

Looks like I'll go back to looking for one to borrow...

psst... anybody got a bit in Toronto they could lend me for the afternoon??  ;)

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If all you have to do is 6 inches... What I did when I needed to lengthen the slots on my cab a little was to make my own....

I took one of my router bits apart, and took a 1" washer about a 1/16" thick, and  ground 4 "teeth" into it on the grinder. Put it on the shank with a couple of spacing washers and the bearing and away I went! (Just make sure its evenly gound out, or it will virbrate horribly and possibly damage your router.)

Its no replacement for a proper slot cutter with carbide teeth, (which I now have) but if you only need a few inches, it does work. You just need to go extra slow, and watch for smoke...  ;)

MiKman:

--- Quote from: Rhetro on June 23, 2004, 01:49:16 pm ---Hello everyone! (something just happened here so please excuse this if you see it twice)

I'm trying to cut the groove in the side of my control panel to install some t-molding.

I bought the correct groove cutter, installed it properly in the router, tightened everything down, but cannot get a straight line to save my life! The cutting wheel just seemed to start out ok, but by the end of the pass, the line was far from centered!


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I bet you are travelling the wrong direction with the router. If you move the router the wrong direction when cutting it will have a tendancy to climb out of the cut.  You should always move the router in a clockwise direction when routing inside edges. And move the router in a counterclockwise direction along the outside edges of a peice (most cabinets only have outer edges so counterclockwise). Think of a picture frames inside edge and outside edge, then you will know what I mean.

hope this helps.
MiKman

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