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floridagramps

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225 days ago

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Can anyone suggest a 1/8” thick blade for use in splining corners of small wooden boxes. Is there a 7 1/4 inch blade that will cut flat bottoms? I am just getting started in making these boxes and would prefer cutting slots for splines that are wider than my thin kerf 10” Freud blade produces.

I am using the trial and error approach to zero in on the exact spline thickness for a given slot. Is there a better way?

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doyoulikegumwood

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225 days ago

i like to use my box joint blade set to cut splines. i bought the blade set at rockler it was an off brand i don’t know who made mine but freud makes a set.

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SwedishIron

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225 days ago

I use one of the wider 1/8” cutters from my Freud Diablo Dado blade set, it the smaller diameter blade w/ a flat bottom.

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Kent Shepherd

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225 days ago

Regular Freud blades are about 1/8” (.125” give or take depending on the blade). Their thin kerf blades are about .90”

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knotscott

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224 days ago

The only grind that will cut a truly flat bottom is a Flat Top Grind (FTG), which is primarily found on 20-24 tooth ripping blades….Infinity 010-024, Freud LM72R010, etc. Bosch does make a 10” 60T FTG thin kerf.

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a1Jim

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224 days ago

I use my dado blade set.

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bentlyj

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224 days ago

Have you thought of cutting them with your router using a wing slot cutter.

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