Who was cutting bearing off bit for 45 degree cutter?

[woodshopdemos]

My mind is gone. I can't find the thread, but someone had cleverly sawed off the pattern bearing of a chamfer bit to get a 45 degree cutter for mitered face frame work.
  At the time I was trying to get CMT make me one...I have a long wait, it seems. In the meantime  I see that Eagle America does have such a bit and it cost me all af $38 (No. 179-3312) to get one to use.

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[Brice Burrell]

My mind is gone. I can't find the thread, but someone had cleverly sawed off the pattern bearing of a chamfer bit to get a 45 degree cutter for mitered face frame work.
   At the time I was trying to get CMT make me one...I have a long wait, it seems. In the meantime  I see that Eagle America does have such a bit and it cost me all af $38 (No. 179-3312) to get one to use.

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I did John, I saw Eagle's bit, haven't gotten around to ordering it yet.

 

[Forrest Anderson]

My mind is gone. I can't find the thread, but someone had cleverly sawed off the pattern bearing of a chamfer bit to get a 45 degree cutter for mitered face frame work.

John

The thread was athttp://festoolownersgroup.com/index.php?topic=1940.0

It was there that I posted a photo of the truncated Festool 45 degree chamfer bit for the OFK700 (order no 491669), but the link no longer works. Here's a link to a current eBay auction in the UK which shows a photo.

Forrest

 

[woodshopdemos]

Thanks to you both.  The Eagle America looks like it will work exactly.
   The new CMT Enlock device looks like it would pull these joints together nicely. The Festool Domino should work also, except that I am not sure how to handle the stiles being 1/4" or so away from the edge line. Maybe cut the Domino morticess before the edge shaping...and make the mort 1/4" lomger (deeper) than normal.
   It will take some experimenting.

 

[Dave Ronyak]

I just used my ancient Craftsman 1/4" shank, 45 degree steel bit which is designed with a tapped hole in the bottom to screw in any of 3 differently sized solid steel bearings.  This may not be satisfactory for commercial shops with many parts to machine, but it works fine for me as a hobbyist, and I can easily sharpen the bit myself.

Dave R.