All,
Having just completed making a set of raised panel doors where some of the panels, were glued to make the correct width, I began to wonder about using glue line bits. Would I benefit from their usage and do they provide any real advantage when edge gluing stock?
Thanks in advance,
dlb
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The undisciplined life is not worth examining.
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In a raised panel, you'd get an odd-looking glue line where the tapered edge of the panel cut through the profile.
-Steve
Thanks for the reply. I had not thought about the effects of a glue line bit on the sloping sides and ends of the panel.
Thanks again,
dlb
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The undisciplined life is not worth examining.
The glue lines made by a standard bit will telegraph in the profile of a raised panel so we make a glue bit just for this application that disguises the line in the grain pattern with most profiles:
http://www.freudtools.com/p-156-raised-panel-v-joint-bit.aspx
Charles M
Freud America, Inc.
While I do use a glue line router bit on larger panels, making raised panels usually involves smaller overall sizes. With straight, square edges, glue alone is more than enough for most raised panel doors.
Tom Hintz
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