How can I cut a 3/4" slot in this?

[Trever Williams]

I need to cut a 3/4" slot long the inside edge of this. Anyone have any ideas about what I could use? A slot cutting router bit? I haven't seen a 3/4" slot cutter yet. I guess I could us a 1/4" slot cutter and do multiple passes.

http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/tall_texan/Crib/DSC03251.jpg

[Jamie Buxton]

Yep, thinner slot cutter and multiple passes. Does the wood have sufficient height that there's something for the pilot bearing to touch when you're making the top-most pass?

[johnny means]

3/4" rabbeting bit

[JohnT Fitzgerald]

Trever - how deep of a slot do you need to make? it looks like it sits fairly flat on the surface...I was going to suggest a dado bit, but guiding it would be tricky. I might have to agree with the slot cutter w/guide bearing on a router table, and multiple passes. I would also attach it to a large base, to make sure sure it doesn't rock any.

[John Coloccia]

re: enough height for the bearing

A technique I'm used is to stick a piece of MDF on top with some double sided tape, rough cut on the band saw, trim with a flush cut bit, and then do whatever you want to it with the bearing guides.

[JohnT Fitzgerald]

John, I thought about that - but wouldn't that give you a template with the same profile? and if you rode a router bearing along it, you woould still need a slot cutter to cut into the piece.

Trever - where do you need the slot? In the pictre, where it's sitting flat on the table...would it be on the side, the top, or the bottom?

[John Coloccia]

John, I thought about that - but wouldn't that give you a template with the same profile? and if you rode a router bearing along it, you woould still need a slot cutter to cut into the piece.

Trever - where do you need the slot? In the pictre, where it's sitting flat on the table...would it be on the side, the top, or the bottom?

Sorry, I should have been more clear. The point was to give more height if the bearing on the slot cutter went over the top of the piece.

[Trever Williams]

The slot needs to run on along the edge on the inside of the curve, the side facing the camera. I would like for it to be at least 1/2" deep. It looks like if I did multiple passes with a thin slot cutter the top cut would go deeper than the rest because the bearing would be touching the round over. It will be covered up so that's not really a bad thing.

I saw this slot cutter:
http://i275.photobucket.com/albums/jj289/tall_texan/Crib/Porter-Cable-43392PC-lg.jpg
Its stackable like a dado set and goes to 3/4". Costs a little more than what I want to spend just to make this one cut, but it might be a handy tool to have.

http://www.toolmarts.com/pc_43392pc.html