Mike Sandman
09-28-2020, 9:28 PM
I have a new Freud Adjsutable Tongue & Groove” router bit set. There rare two bits, both with 1/2” shafts. It’s possible to adjust the width of the tongue and the grove by inserting spacers that come with the bit, so you can work with thicknesses from 7/32” to 3/8”. To do this, you have to loosen a nut that holds the spaces onto the top of the shaft. It looks like a very flexible design but...
When it comes out of the packages, the nut at the top of the shaft is very tight — so tight that I can’t get it off by gripping the shaft with anything I can figure out short of applying something like a vice grip. But that would risk scoring the shaft. Any ideas about how to grip a 1/2” shaft very firmly without damaging the metal?
When it comes out of the packages, the nut at the top of the shaft is very tight — so tight that I can’t get it off by gripping the shaft with anything I can figure out short of applying something like a vice grip. But that would risk scoring the shaft. Any ideas about how to grip a 1/2” shaft very firmly without damaging the metal?