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Thread: 50mm router groove
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10th July 2013, 10:02 PM #1New Member
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50mm router groove
Hi all was just wondering if anyone can help me with a project I have. What I want to do is cut a groove 50mm wide by 150mm long by about 15mm deep in identical sized pieces of material sort if like mass production. I was hoping to use a router but didn't know if I could buy a router bit that was 50mm wide. It would be easy if I could just put the material (poly) square in some sort of jig and just give it one pass to get the job done? I know I'm not working with wood on this one but I do love making things out if timber as well. Although not very talented. Hope you can help!
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11th July 2013, 02:04 AM #2China
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Carbitool have them, you will want a heavy duty router to cut in one pass would be around $90.00
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11th July 2013, 10:08 PM #3
Or maybe this might be of some use, but would need to do the cut in two passes.
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15th July 2013, 04:23 PM #4Novice
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15th July 2013, 05:34 PM #5GOLD MEMBER
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If you plan on doing repetition type work and need different widths and only have a limited number of bits then a jig similar to the link may be of benefit.
https://www.woodworkforums.com/f44/ugly-but-works-34437/
Regards,
Bob
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15th July 2013, 11:19 PM #6Senior Member
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Big router bits scare me. I'm not sure if I would be game to cut a 50mm wide slot in one pass especially at 15mm deep. I would use a jig as Bob has suggested, a 20mm router bit and cuts at depths of 5mm increments.