ben_r_ Posted February 5, 2019 Report Share Posted February 5, 2019 LINK Some more fine solutions from Woodpeckers! Here we have what is commonly a $5 shop jig turned into a $330 contraption. Dont lie, who's ordering one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted February 5, 2019 Report Share Posted February 5, 2019 I don't see any benefit of this over a KM-1 kerf master and even that is an expensive solution at $54. This is just absurd. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted February 5, 2019 Report Share Posted February 5, 2019 Shop made works as well as any they want to sell. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_r_ Posted February 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 5, 2019 4 hours ago, Chestnut said: I don't see any benefit of this over a KM-1 kerf master and even that is an expensive solution at $54. This is just absurd. Oh yea, I LOVE my little KM-1. But youd kind have to have a couple things in order to make that work right? Like a guide rail / router interface setup, or a table saw and dado stack. With this method all you need is a handheld router. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chestnut Posted February 5, 2019 Report Share Posted February 5, 2019 1 hour ago, ben_r_ said: Oh yea, I LOVE my little KM-1. But youd kind have to have a couple things in order to make that work right? Like a guide rail / router interface setup, or a table saw and dado stack. With this method all you need is a handheld router. Yeah i guess but how many people do what we do with out a table saw. And you don't need a dado stack it just makes things faster. I did a few dados with my KM-2 and a standard FTG blade. I'd argue that any one that sees this and is willing the front the cash will have all the tools to make a KM-1 work and probably will have a KM-1 to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkinneb Posted February 5, 2019 Report Share Posted February 5, 2019 Curious do you guys typically use a router or TS for dado's? Regardless I'm not spending $330 on this but curious what others do, I typically use the TS. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chet Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 Table saw. With the router if your milling thickness is a little thinner or thicker then the imperial or metric size of your router bits it can be a long day of chasing the size of the dado, on the table saw you may have to use a shim or two but you are there a lot faster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardA Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 Either/ or. They both work, but each situation is just a tad different, and requires one or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Immortan D Posted February 6, 2019 Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 14 hours ago, pkinneb said: Curious do you guys typically use a router or TS for dado's? Regardless I'm not spending $330 on this but curious what others do, I typically use the TS. For my last project I used the SCMS to make dado cuts, with a depth stop. I was very pleased with the results and perfect repeatability. Setup was also very easy. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ben_r_ Posted February 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2019 On 2/5/2019 at 3:30 PM, pkinneb said: Curious do you guys typically use a router or TS for dado's? Regardless I'm not spending $330 on this but curious what others do, I typically use the TS. I typically use a router on a guide rail along with the KM-1 for setup. More specifically a Festool OF 1400 and the MicroFence guide rail interface. Perfect dado widths every time along with perfectly flat bottoms as well. Sometimes that scratched bottom a dado stack can leave bugs me. Though it does give glue a place to go... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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