I am looking for a router bit to do 1-3/8″ cope and stick for the interior doors of our home. This design is similar to Rogue Valley’s plank raised panel doors that we used for our main entrance. They’re beautiful doors, but too expensive to buy for the whole house. The top drawing is of the floating joint between panel and frame. I could easily do the panel cuts on the table saw. The lower drawing is the corresponding rail to stile joint. I haven’t had any luck tracking down a set of router bits for this. Any leads would be greating appreciated. Most cope and stick bit sets are for a fancier detail than this, which is less appealing. Otherwise, what are other options to do production cutting of this joint (18 doors all told) such as a combination of cuts with mulitple bits? Many thanks, Chad.
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Southeast tool - good and fast
Andrews Tool Works - also good and less money
both do custom bits
If you have a pro level tool shop around they can get you one or make you one.
Look in to purchasing an "insert cutterhead" and have a knife blank custom cut. I have a steel shaper cutter, from Amana, and the knives are around 50 to 75 bucks to have ground at one of the local sharpening places. I'm guessing router bits would be even cheaper.
good luck
"I'm guessing router bits would be even cheaper."
Guessed wrong! I've had custom router bits done and they usually start over $125. Carbide versus HSS in an insert tool is a big difference.
Eagle-America has a router bit set which would do it --- http://eagleamerica.com/2-piece-stile-and-rail-bit-sets/p/185-0700/ The one they call 20 degree bevel. To do your design, you do one pass on the lumber, then flip it over and do another pass from the other face. MLCS sells a similar one.
That said, if you're going to build 18 doors, you might think very seriously about a shaper with a power feeder. You've got miles of cutting to do. Around here, a used 3 hp shaper like the Delta is in the one-grand area, depending on condition. Grizzly sells a shaper cutter which has the same profile as the above router bits, but a custom knife set is not expensive at all.
Edited 5/16/2008 7:04 pm ET by Jamie_Buxton
Thanks everyone. Those are great resources. For now I'm going to give eagle america a shot. That 20 degree bevel is what I'm looking for.
Okay, but if you step up to the shaper, Schmidt has exactly the cutters you want. http://www.cggschmidt.com/assets/pdf/SchmidtCatalog900.pdf, and look in the entry door section for pattern WC226.
Whiteside has the set (6004 Straight) that Eagle calls their "20". The style is called Provincial.
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