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Stopped Dado's

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#1 ·
Ok Router Magicians. In Making a stopped Dado, hand held plunge router. The dado needs to be 7/8 of an inch wide. I am Using a 3/4 inch router bit in a plunge router. Looking at the back of the material I enter on the left cross over to the right and then exit pulling the router towards me. Would this be correct?
 
#4 ·
I think you are right. Go left to right on the first pass cross over and go back to the left to take out the other 1/8". The first pass likely doesn't matter much as the bit is surrounded by the stock but you want to travel the correct direction relative to the bit direction for the second.
 
#5 ·
Since the router will tend to run away, you need some sort of fence or guide.
You start at the edge and go to the stop but make sure the guide/fence is on the side where it will hold the router from running away. If that is not clear, make a free hand dado in a piece of scrap so YOU will know which way it tends to go ;).
 
#6 ·
To travel in the correct direction though he'll have to back out and make the second pass from left to right as well. Right to left using a hand held is climb cutting. On the table right to left is the correct feed direction.

With only 1/8th inch to pass through though I think it would be fine so long as the router is up to snuff, and the bit is sharp.
 
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