Review on Freud Raised Panel Shank 99 516 by Louis Mechtak

I was concerned about using the 3 1/2 bit after reading some reviews comparing it to starting a jet engine etc. I've personally found this bit reliable, cutting MDF and pine are very easy, and I've made beautiful embossed panels for some of the cabinet doors I've made. Obviously you need to have a variable speed router and set that router's rotation speed to an acceptable level (I believe in my DeWalt router the dial setting is '2'. You also need to make a few passes; in my case it was , because I keep tripping over a jackhammer when trying to cut too much at once.A table saw can also remove quite a bit of material, but for me it was quicker to just go through all 4 sides, raise the cutter a bit and then repeat. I ended up getting really clean panels that are this big b. You have to open the front of the router table guard a bit for this and it was a bit of a hassle to keep it level as it goes over the second side of the guard Make sure your fence lines up properly with the stock bits this will help, for my money this is easier and safer than those Using a vertical bit, which requires you to orientate yourself as to whether the panel is vertical on your fence (as opposed to laying the panel flat on the surface of your router table). Keep it clean, I just spray some WD-40 on the cut edges and brush with an old toothbrush.