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Re: 3/16" cove & bead / Thanks Rob
By:Rob Macks
Date: 5/10/2002, 1:48 pm
In Response To: 3/16" cove & bead / Thanks Rob (Jim Kozel)

: Thanks, Rob -
: Read the original post LATE last night and thought, "Cool!" and
: ordered the 3/16" radius bit online at about 1:45 am. I just called
: and cancelled. I'll continue using my 1/4" diameter cove/bead bits.
: You saved me $35. Thanks for pointing out that was the "radius"
: not "diameter".

You're welcome.

Believe me, when I started using 3/16" thick strips back in "89", I searched
high and low for 3/16" diameter C&B bits. There are no "wing" cutters made
in this size. There is a 3/16" bull nose bit, but this is useless because it's just
a round end straight router bit that will chew up strips edges.

I made my own 3/16" C&B bits but they didn't work as well as the commercial
1/4" ones.

I've found the 1/4" bits work just fine, and the cove edges are not as fragile
on 3/16" thick strips as they are on 1/4" strips.

Rob

Messages In This Thread

Strip: cove & bead on 3/16?
Rob P -- 5/8/2002, 3:21 pm
Re: Strip: cove & bead on 3/16?
David White -- 5/9/2002, 11:29 pm
Re: Strip: cove & bead on 3/16?
Rob Macks -- 5/10/2002, 9:05 am
3/16" cove & bead / Thanks Rob
Jim Kozel -- 5/10/2002, 9:52 am
Re: 3/16" cove & bead / Thanks Rob
Rob Macks -- 5/10/2002, 1:48 pm
Whoops... *NM*
David White -- 5/10/2002, 1:25 pm
Re: Strip: cove & bead on 3/16?
Rob P -- 5/9/2002, 2:00 pm
Re: Strip: cove & bead on 3/16?
Rob Macks -- 5/8/2002, 11:37 pm
Re: Strip: cove & bead on 3/16 - router adjustment
Jim Kozel -- 5/9/2002, 9:48 am
Re: Strip: cove & bead on 3/16 - router adjustment
Rob Macks -- 5/9/2002, 10:54 am
Re: Strip: cove & bead on 3/16?
Scott Fitzgerrell -- 5/8/2002, 10:06 pm
Re: Strip: cove & bead on 3/16?
John Michne -- 5/8/2002, 7:13 pm
Re: Strip: cove & bead on 3/16?
Chip Sandresky -- 5/8/2002, 4:16 pm