i’m making the kitchen cabinets by norm abram featured in issue 196 of fine woodworking. any idea where i can purchase the router bit norm used to make the 3/4 by 3/8 moldings used on the cabinet doors. thanks, bill
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It's a mystery to me.
Bill,
There is no practical way at this point to find out what bit was actually used, the article certainly doesn't give any guidance.
The profile would be called a Roman ogee or less commonly a stepped ogee or a fillet ogee, but an ordinary bit in this pattern would be too tall compared to its width. To me it looks like they used a single cutter form a stacked bit made for rail and stile work, such as a #8851 from MLCS, or one of the two cutters for making doors with a glass panels such as MLCS's set # 8845. Similar bits are made by most manufacturers.
Given the small size of the profile you could use a bit with any number of profiles and it would look as good.
Sorry I can't be more specific.
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