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Rabbeting groove on inside face of curved drawer front for bottom panel

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Rabbeting groove on inside face of curved drawer front for bottom panel (post #146956)

ROBERTMC on Sat, 02/13/2010 - 14:53
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I am building a bow front hallway table with a curved drawer. I need to route a rabbet on the inside of the drawer front for the drawer bottom to rest in. Any suggestions on routing a rabbet on the inside curve. I want the rabbet to be 1/4 inch in height by 1/4 inch in depth. All router rabbet bits I find are 1/2 or taller. thanks

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You can use a slotting bit, (post #146956, reply #1 of 3)

by hammer1 in reply to ROBERTMC [original] on Sat, 02/13/2010 - 15:13

You can use a slotting bit, 1/4" cutter. Replace the bearing with a larger one to give the 1/4" depth of cut. You can also make a circular fence and allow the bit to project as you want.

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Thanks for the good ideas. (post #146956, reply #2 of 3)

by ROBERTMC in reply to ROBERTMC [original] on Sat, 02/13/2010 - 21:22

Thanks for the good ideas.

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If you have a set of cope and (post #146956, reply #3 of 3)

by rwdare in reply to ROBERTMC [original] on Sun, 02/14/2010 - 11:15

If you have a set of cope and stick cutters, remove the pattern from one and use the remaining cutter and bearing. You'll get a 1/4" slot, 3/8" deep.

Dick