Tongue And Groove With Table Saw

On the table saw to produce a tongue and groove on the table saw use a dado cutter rather than your everyday blade unless your stock is 3 8 or less in thickness.

Tongue and groove with table saw.

I use the two outside cutters to produce a 1 4 cut width when working 3 4 stock. In our case the legs are much thicker than the rails so we can t flip the boards end for end to center the groove. Every woodworker should be familiar with cutting them on the table saw. Set the fence on the router table so that the bit will cut approximately through the center of the board.

There s no need for a dado blade if you have a router table and a few common bits. Leah demonstrates how to cut a groove in a 2x4 to start making a wood frame for a cattle panel gate. The tongue and groove is one of the most basic and useful joints. The tongue and groove joint can be easily created using a router with a matched set of router bits or on a table saw using a stacked dado blade set.

Thicker stock calls for a wider groove. Cabinet door joints self aligning shelf edging web or face frames and even carcass assembly. Tongue and groove t g joints form sturdy interlocking connections with lots of glue surface area for all sorts of woodworking applications. Turn the board around and make another pass.

The cuts made when creating the two mating workpieces of a tongue and groove joint are non through cuts meaning that the saw blade never goes all the way through the wood. Tongue and groove joints are commonly made on a table saw the best method in cutting tongue and groove joints for floor panels is through the shaper. Using the table saw is easiest when all the material stock is the same thickness. The same bit can be used to cut both pieces of the joint cut the groove first.

The easiest method and the one i most commonly use is to use the table saw for both the tongue and the groove.