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1/2" Height X 5/16" Depth Rabbet 1/4" Shank Router Bit

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Available in yellow and red. Colors will be shipped randomly based on stock availability.

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Rabbet or rebate is a slot or square that is cut into the corner of a plank or board. Rabbets are useful for glazing where a pane of glass can be recessed into a wooden frame. This bit is also useful for cabinet making where the frame of the unit is rabbeted making room for the side and back panels. Shiplap planking is also created using opposing rabbets fitted together. Luthiers can find rabbet bits particularly useful for installing binding on acoustic guitar bodies and along the edge of the guitar neck. Rabbet router bits most often come equipped with removable bearings allowing you to swap the bearing for the size necessary for your project. Rabbets are easy to make and can be cut with either a table mount or handheld router. They can be adjusted both height and depth wise accommodating virtually any stock size within the min and max limits of the bit. Rabbet router bits can come in small, medium and large form factors for a large variety of applications.

Use this bit to cut 1/2" high x 5/16" deep rabbets. The Rabbeting Router Bit features 3 carbide cutters and 1/4" shank.

Bit Specs
Material:Carbide Tipped
Overall Length:2-5/16"
Largest Diameter:1-1/8"
Number of Flutes:2
Number of Bits:1
Shank Size:1/4"
Cutting Length:1/2"
Cutting Depth:5/16"

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Works great

Good fit excellent

I'm resurfacing my deck with Trex Transcend. Some of the boards are the square edge variety so they have a clean look on one side, but on the other side I need/want the groove for the spacer. In another case, I needed to rip two adjacent boards so as to fit in the available space. There too I needed/wanted to put the groove so that I could use spacers.

I read other reviews about this product and concluded that this was better than the Trex branded router bit.

The first time I used it, I thought something was wrong because I didn't feel any drag as I was making the cut. I assumed I had completely missed the board and was getting ready to reset the depth. Then I saw that I had a nice clean groove in my board.

You do have to experiment a bit when setting the depth. Initially I assumed that I would want the groove in the middle of the board, equidistant from both edges. It turns out, this groove is a little slimmer than the groove on the grooved boards, so you should test fit a scrap before cutting a grove on your installed piece.

I would agree with other reviews that claim this bit is better than the Trex bit. Also, this bit is very sharp and seems to be very durable. It has certainly been easy to put a nice clean groove in my decking.