I made inset doors for my existing bath vanity. I know it would have been easier to make the whole vanity – possibly. Anyway I needed to make careful adjustment to the W and H dimensions.
What I came up with was a dado bit, router table = mini jointer. However my fence does not have an adjustable “outfeed” side. I used several layers of blue painters tape. Seemed to work well but I got to thinking “self how about self adhesive shim tape with metal backing”.
Got to looking online found several brands of steel self adhesive shim tape. Reason for my post anyone have any experience with such a product? Typically .002″ up to .005″ thick.
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Wow! That would be a very handy product indeed. Please keep us posted if you find a source for it. I tried googling and was not successful...specialized manufacturers in Bosnia and that sort of thing.
Cheers,
Peter
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I did a Google search on "shim tape" and found 3 or four, one was British. American Printing Equipment has something called AccuShim tape.
Do you have a TS sled?
More info? You mean a miter slot guided jig that I could clamp the doors to and accurately trimm off the desired amount?
Yes, although you don't need to clamp the door to a sled, since it does the sliding. I usually have a scrap of 1/4" mdf fastened to the top of the sled for a zero clearance sub-top. If I need to trim something a little out of square, it is easy enough to see both end-marks, relative to the kerf in the mdf, for out of square cuts. For square, of course they just index off of the fence. Carver, I didn't understand what you were using the tape for last night, but now I think I get it. However, I have another suggestion. I only have wooden fences for my table router, but one has an off-set sub-fence for jointing like you are wanting. it is merely a piece of hardwood, which I fed half its length across a jointer while taking off about 1/16". I then cut a little opening for the router cutter at this step, and attached it to the straight fence with screws. Then all I need to do is to set the fence so the cutter lines up with the outfeed side to have a router table jointer. The advantage this may give is that it can store alongside and can be applied or removed using the same screws. Once you tape your shim onto your fence, what do you do when you need a straight fence, remove the tape?
If you're gonna do this often, then make an adjustable fence. In a pinch I once used self-adhesive formica edgebanding which has the advantage of being very slick on the outside.
David Ring
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