Is there such a router profile as this:

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  • LCHIEN
    Super Moderator
    • Dec 2002
    • 21863
    • Katy, TX, USA.
    • BT3000 vintage 1999

    #1

    Is there such a router profile as this:



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    With R= 1/4", or 3/8" or 0.5" this might make a good handhold or finger lift for the side of a small box. I can't find anything like it.

    With R=3/8" the bit would be 3/4" diameter and 3/8" cutting depth.
    To make a stopped groove it would be nice if it was plungeable.

    When you use a bull nose bit to make fingerlifts it leaves sharp edges on your fingers. the secondary radius removes that.
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    Last edited by LCHIEN; 02-12-2026, 11:05 PM.
    Loring in Katy, TX USA
    If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
    BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions
  • LCHIEN
    Super Moderator
    • Dec 2002
    • 21863
    • Katy, TX, USA.
    • BT3000 vintage 1999

    #2
    Ah, I found that you can use the search words "ogee groove bit"
    and get ones like this - they don't have two radii, both the same, but closer to what I want.
    No edge forming bits with bearings or rail and stile ogee bits.

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    Loring in Katy, TX USA
    If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
    BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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    • LCHIEN
      Super Moderator
      • Dec 2002
      • 21863
      • Katy, TX, USA.
      • BT3000 vintage 1999

      #3
      A couple of people at Reddit pointed out that Rockler and Woodpecker offer juice groove bits similar in profile.
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      Last edited by LCHIEN; 02-12-2026, 11:03 PM.
      Loring in Katy, TX USA
      If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
      BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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      • LCHIEN
        Super Moderator
        • Dec 2002
        • 21863
        • Katy, TX, USA.
        • BT3000 vintage 1999

        #4
        what I was looking for:
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        Core box groove with softened shoulders.
        Loring in Katy, TX USA
        If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
        BT3 FAQ - https://www.sawdustzone.org/forum/di...sked-questions

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        • leehljp
          The Full Monte
          • Dec 2002
          • 8728
          • Tunica, MS
          • BT3000/3100

          #5
          Seek and you shall find - Sometimes!
          Hank Lee

          Experience is what you get when you don't get what you wanted!

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