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Re: Strip: Bead and cove bits and hints
By:Dave Odegard
Date: 11/27/2003, 1:01 pm
In Response To: Strip: Bead and cove bits and hints (Glenn Nunez)

Glenn

Just want to go back and make a comment about ripping your strips. The process of milling your cove and bead is much easier if you have well ripped strips to start with. For ripping I used a thin kerf skill saw blade that I got at Home Depot, it is a Freud TK503 7-1/4" 14-Tooth Thin Kerf Remodeling Blade. I also used a blade stiffner to reduce the vibration of the blade. This should result (it did for me) in a strip that will be quite smooth, enough that you don't have to run it through a thickness planner. If you use a feather board, good fence and a run-off table long enough to support your boards it should work fine. As for dimension I ripped my strips right at 1/4 inch and had no problems with milling the cove and bead.
My cove and bead bits are from Lee Valley. Worked very well.

Dave

Messages In This Thread

Strip: Bead and cove bits and hints
Glenn Nunez -- 11/26/2003, 9:34 pm
Re: Strip: Bead and cove bits and hints
Dave Odegard -- 11/27/2003, 1:01 pm
Re: Strip: Bead and cove bits and hints
Jewile -- 11/27/2003, 9:48 am
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John Michne -- 11/27/2003, 6:13 am
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Pete Notman -- 11/27/2003, 3:25 am
Re: Strip: Bead and cove bits and hints
c -- 11/26/2003, 10:21 pm
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Paul G. Jacobson -- 11/26/2003, 9:56 pm