Phil Mueller
03-24-2018, 9:00 AM
I’ve been playing with stringing using the LV router plane inlay cutters...the one with the various disks to set the thickness. I have lightly honed the blades, but on the flat side only.
LV instructions recommends trying to do the cut with one pass. It says it is difficult to get the cutters to follow the same lines with multiple passes. I’m finding that the one pass attempt (even at the very shallow depth needed) causes tear out on the edges...especially cross grain cuts.
A couple of very shallow passes to scribe the lines seems to be better. Do others have the same experience? Or are my cutters just not sharp enough? Of course I know one answer is just do what works for you, and I will, just curious if there are any tips out there to get a real clean line.
Thanks!
LV instructions recommends trying to do the cut with one pass. It says it is difficult to get the cutters to follow the same lines with multiple passes. I’m finding that the one pass attempt (even at the very shallow depth needed) causes tear out on the edges...especially cross grain cuts.
A couple of very shallow passes to scribe the lines seems to be better. Do others have the same experience? Or are my cutters just not sharp enough? Of course I know one answer is just do what works for you, and I will, just curious if there are any tips out there to get a real clean line.
Thanks!