Butt Joints

[Joseph Garrett]

Sid,
Yup! From MLCS. mlcswoodworking.com is their website. Being a rabid
Catalogue dude, I used the catalogue.<G> They have all kinds of router
bits. One that I just spotted while looking for this reference, is what
they call "glue joint bits". It claims "50% greater glue surface than butt
joint"! Comes in 1/4" or 1/2" shanks, just like the finger joint bits. Some
of their bits are a bit pricey, but it's a great resource when you're doing
this woodworking thingee.<G>
Regards,

Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.
Captain, Tool Police
Squares R I


> [Original Message]
> From: Sid Blum <piano at sover.net>
> To: <joegarrett at earthlink.net>
> Date: 11/19/2006 5:09:09 PM
> Subject: Re: Butt Joints
>
> Joe-
>
> Do you remember where you found the cutter?
>
> Seems like  useful for all sorts of little things.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sid
>
>
> >Terry said: "I think it is well accepted that a grain-end butt joint is
> >likely the weakest way to join two pieces of wood. I have a project in my
> >shop that required 8-foot long boards of an exotic wood. The longest I
> >could find anywhere were 4 feet long. So I bought two 4-foot-long boards.
> >Epoxy man used epoxy magic to make the two 4-footers into an 8-foot long
> >board. I simply end-butt jointed two boards together to make the longer
> >board via the two-step West System bonding method."......
> >
> >Terry,
> >Epoxy is great, but I'd have opted for a "Finger Joint". I found a cutter
> >with 1/4" shank for my router/table. The original project was to extend
the
> >length of  a set of keys.
> >Worked slicker'n deer guts on a door knob! I think the combination of the
> >epoxy and the finger joint would have made it as if it were just one
> >board.<G> BTW, #1 Son works in a plant that makes Trusses and I get a lot
> >of the scrap. (for the wood stove/kindling) Noticed finger joints in some
> >and asked him. He said they do it all the time to get one continuous
length
> >of board, rather than "scab" them together. Their engineers say it's just
> >fine.
> >Regards,
> >
> >Joseph Garrett, R.P.T.
> >Captain, Tool Police
> >Squares R I
>
>
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