Help with Router Bit Choice

Phillym

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Hello and Happy Thansgiving,

I glued to pieces of 3/4 inch wood together. What bit should I use (i dont own a table saw) to make the edges flush. Should I use a straight cut with or without a bearing?

Thanks
 
Do you need to make the ends straight or is it the top face thats not flush?

If you are making the ends straight and you have a circular saw, just run the saw along a guide rail or if not Festool, run it against a straight edge clamped to your workpiece.

If you are making the ends straight and can run your router on a guide rail, just use a straight bit and take several shallow passes.  If you can take most of the proud part off, say down to 1/16th or so with a hand saw, then a straight bit with a bearing could work if you can attach a straight piece to your workpiece (nail, screw, doublestick tape...).  In either case, its a good idea to attach a sacrificial piece at the end of the cut, so your tearout will be on the sacrificial piece and not your workpiece.

If you are trying to make the top flush, a sander is the best choice.

Hope this helps.
 
You could also use a jig saw like the Trion on the guide rails.  To clean up with a router you really need a table or to use the guide rails.  Unless the misfit is really bad I would just use my LN No 62 low angle Jack.  If the wood is really problematical I would use the toothed blade.
 
if i understand u correctly, you glued two boards together face to face and now want to create true 90 degree to the face edges? jointer, routertable with straight bit and a difference in infeed and outfeed fence, circular saw and straight edge, handheld router with straight bit and guide rail...
that is all possible, but the easiest way would be a straight bit with bearing (flush trim bit), running along the top or bottom (respectively, depends on the position of the bearing relative to the blades) piece of your glue-up.
you can only do that, if the smaller one of your two boards already has a straight edge. otherwise you would need to go with the idea above to use something else to let the bearing ride along...
 
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