Dennis Jarchow
01-21-2022, 5:07 PM
I am making a bar and am running all of the rails and stiles on my router table with a new Amana one piece rail and stile bit. I ran all of the rail cuts today and found that the 1/4" cherry/MDF panel won't actually fit in the slot. Now before you all yell at me, I did check a short cut of the slot maybe an inch or so on a scrap board and one corner of the panel before I ran all the rail cuts and it fit, albeit pretty. I tried it again today and see it was spreading the slot open but since it was the end of the board, it worked. I have never had an issue with these mdf panels fitting rails and stiles I have cut with other rail/stile bits.
I measured the slot, tongue, and the panel and got the following measurements:
Tongue: .233" (Amana specs this as 15/64/.233")
Slot: .238" (Amana doesn't spec this) but on another rail/stile bit set I had handy the slot cutter measured .249"
Panel: .242"
I called Amana and they said they only had the dimension of the tongue, not the slot but nothing had changed on the bit, and the one he measured was .239". So they said nothing they could do for me.
I suppose I could rerun the all the rail cuts and lower the bit 5-10 thousandths or so and rerun all of the rail cuts. Another option is to try to sand the edge of the panel or the inside of the slot.
Any other suggestions? Thanks for any help.
I measured the slot, tongue, and the panel and got the following measurements:
Tongue: .233" (Amana specs this as 15/64/.233")
Slot: .238" (Amana doesn't spec this) but on another rail/stile bit set I had handy the slot cutter measured .249"
Panel: .242"
I called Amana and they said they only had the dimension of the tongue, not the slot but nothing had changed on the bit, and the one he measured was .239". So they said nothing they could do for me.
I suppose I could rerun the all the rail cuts and lower the bit 5-10 thousandths or so and rerun all of the rail cuts. Another option is to try to sand the edge of the panel or the inside of the slot.
Any other suggestions? Thanks for any help.