🔧 Finger Joint Shank 99 037 by Freud Review

This is a very good router that does exactly what it says it will. The only reason I didn't give 5 stars is because it didn't have good instructions. I had to break down a decent amount of wood to install it. Once set up, it did its job perfectly.

The bit uses two sets of blades with one tooth offset from each other. It took a long time for the router to connect with two fingers. Essentially you need to create a 2.1mm spacer (wood, plastic) and place it under each piece you are going to connect. That said, the first pass gives you a left profile if you look at Freud's picture of the joint under the bat picture, then flip the piece horizontally, place a spacer underneath and you have a right profile. . They blend together perfectly and…

This bit definitely does what it says on the tin and does a good job. It forms a mortise and tenon joint, but as seen in the picture, the outside edges on one side become beveled edges that are so thin that they cannot be planed or sanded without tiny pieces falling off. that the connection will be strong, but it should only be used where the edge is visible as you see in the picture and not flat or the front (as if looking in from top to bottom or bottom to top ). the picture). In other words,