Hi all,
I recently completed my first ecabinets kitchen. 47 sheets of pre finished maple. Although everything fit together fairly well I would say that there is tuning to be done.
Here is what I need some help with: note I am using a HSD 2.2hp, .25 compression bit cutting around 4.5 ips, +/- 1 ips or so depending on the part size or operation
1- Dados- is there a way to make these cuts in 2 passes or more? I currently have a .5" dado doing it in 1 pass at full dado depth of .375. I believe these are being in climb, leaving somewhat bumpy uneven wavy cuts.
2- Tenons- These are cut first in one pass in climb (a single rotation of the channel is being cut, so down then back), which is followed by the outline cut in climb as well. I'm cutting almost all the way through in climb. The final pass is done in conventional at full depth. The issue is that the final pass only goes around the outline and NOT back over the tenon. So again I have a bumpy wavy cut which is visible when joined to the cabinet sides.
3- Material thickness- Before the twd file is produced you have the option of changing the material thickness. I have 3/4" ply around .72-.74, 1/2" ply around .46 to .49. This is Columbia Pure Bond with this much variation. I think some of my joints were under sized due to these variances. Is there a general rule to go be here? I can't mic each sheet, then have to reload an entire job... What is the best way to handle variances between sheets?
Many thanks..