WOOD Magazine – October 01, 2019

58 WOOD magazine October 2019

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oodworkers love routers for their ability to create fancy edge profiles

that draw the eye. Though profile bits get all the glory, the humble

straight bit serves as the true workshop hero. Its work, often unseen,

creates dadoes for shelving, rabbets in carcases, mortises, duplicate parts, and

so much more. Let’s take a close look at the three main types of straight bits.

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by Jim Heavey