Lock Miter and Drawer Lock Router Bits
Tonight I decided to give my lock miter bit a try that I bought some time back as I am not getting the results I wanted with miters on the TS. So I play and play and play and I just can NOT get this to work in the half inch material.
Swearing that I have used setup before I go upstairs and open up a drawer in the nightstand to find out, I used a Drawer locking bit and NOT a lock miter bit... Then it occurs to me! I bought a lock miter bit that is for 3/4" material, not 1/2."
I'm making a jewerly box using some 1/2" Quarter Sawn Curly Maple and I want to let the grain wrap around real nice (3 sides that is). Any ideas on what type of joint I can go with? Can I use the drawer lock bit in place of the lock miter?
Thanks,
Chris
3/4 bit is fine on 1/2 material
Chris
I have recently used the Lee Valley 3/4 Lock Mitre Bit on 1/2 Russian Ply.
It was a hastle to setup, but the instructions with the bit made that possible.
Centering the bit on the material is the proper method.
It is absolutely necessary to use a block to carry the piece as the bit cuts to the tip of the board leaving nothing for the fence/table to align to. I used a scrap piece of 2x6 pine as a carrier and clamped the drawer side to it. Another piece of scrap was used to hold the piece flush with the table/fence. The results were great and the glue-up was painless.
I had some tear-out on cross grain cuts, but eliminated that with a shallow knife score along the cut line.
In the listing you will see 'Instr' click on it for detailed instructions.
http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.a...,46174&p=30119