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The 3/4 inch dovetail jig bit snapped halfway through a drawer box last Tuesday
Was cutting pins on a maple drawer for a kitchen job in Concord and the bit sheared clean off, so I finished the run with a handsaw and chisel like my old boss showed me back in '09. Made me wonder if anyone else still keeps a decent backsaw around for when the power tools quit on them.
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the_piper11d ago
Man, that clean shear is the worst kind of failure because you get zero warning. Were you running it in a router table or freehand with a trim router when it let go? I ask because a snapped shank usually points to runout or the collet not seating right, and a maple drawer box is no joke to lose mid run. Did the bit look blue or burnt near the break, or was it a clean snap with no heat marks?
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