yes this is about a tool......its a torture device known as a lock miter bit. This 1/2" shank router bit is known to destroy many a test board, hours of your day and your sense of woodworking. Use it at your own peril.
I spent the better part, between 3 rain episodes, of my entire work day trying to zero in on the perfect lock miter joint. Bear in mind, my work day is a couple of hours around the small one's sleep schedule since my workspace and his nap space are adjoining. Between setting up my router station which I wheel outside for better lighting and ventilation and breaking it down and running inside everytime it rained I was getting the impression that I should just give up. After the 15th test cut and adjustment I realized why I was chasing my tail.......the **** cheap a$$ birch "cabinet grade" - scoff -Borg plywood is dimensionally(thinner/thicker) different between sheets! So now instead of being able to have a nice miter with no ply end grain I have to come up with another assembly method to which I will have to attach a false front to hide the plywood. Nothing like adding a step and expense to a project. Later that day, to really end it all, I was finishing the dados on the router table for the plywood bottoms of my drawers and with only 3 sides left to groove my undersized plywood bit snapped off. 
I am really looking forward to my next time in the shop where I have to try and match the routed dado's using my table saw and the stock blade
that should be fun.
After spending an entire shop day finishing with clear lacquer both sides of the sheets I ended up ripping down to the drawer parts I noticed that the plywood decided to change shape and become somewhat wavy
Ever have one of those projects that starts off nice enough and goes downhill from there?
End of rant.
....the wood won this time
I spent the better part, between 3 rain episodes, of my entire work day trying to zero in on the perfect lock miter joint. Bear in mind, my work day is a couple of hours around the small one's sleep schedule since my workspace and his nap space are adjoining. Between setting up my router station which I wheel outside for better lighting and ventilation and breaking it down and running inside everytime it rained I was getting the impression that I should just give up. After the 15th test cut and adjustment I realized why I was chasing my tail.......the **** cheap a$$ birch "cabinet grade" - scoff -Borg plywood is dimensionally(thinner/thicker)
different between sheets! So now instead of being able to have a nice miter with no ply end grain I have to come up with another assembly method to which I will have to attach a false front to hide the plywood. Nothing like adding a step and expense to a project. Later that day, to really end it all, I was finishing the dados on the router table for the plywood bottoms of my drawers and with only 3 sides left to groove my undersized plywood bit snapped off. I am really looking forward to my next time in the shop where I have to try and match the routed dado's using my table saw and the stock blade
that should be fun.After spending an entire shop day finishing with clear lacquer both sides of the sheets I ended up ripping down to the drawer parts I noticed that the plywood decided to change shape and become somewhat wavy
Ever have one of those projects that starts off nice enough and goes downhill from there?
End of rant.
....the wood won this time
,,until after the cuts were made. The next day when assembly was going to start, I couldn't find a flat piece, except for the other sheet that I hadn't cut yet.
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