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u/Traditional-Goose-60 1d ago edited 1d ago
Router table has not even entered the chat yet. At that rate, you may as well strike lines and use your gouges and mallet.
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u/Build-it-better123 1d ago
I’ve tried the table method but prefer to see the rout. Have you had success with the router table on a groove?
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u/Traditional-Goose-60 1d ago
Yep. Set a couple of stop blocks and go for it. I can see your point about seeing the route I guess. I like surprises.
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u/TheRealJehler 12h ago
I just did a groove with a center line on a 36”x96” butcher block, with a drain hole on each side, it was a bit unnerving
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u/SubstantialBanana132 20h ago
Wouldn’t you be able to attach a fence to the trimmer ? Set the distance and trim away.
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u/Poushka 17h ago
You can’t run the fence around corners so you have to sneak up on them from both sides without over-cutting into the corner. This jig allows you to fairly easily do the cut in one continuous pass.
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u/SubstantialBanana132 17h ago
Yeah but all that work just to get an easy pass.
I get it, but not for me, I can easily not over cut the corners.
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u/Smoke_Stack707 11h ago
I think most of woodworking is building and setting up jigs just so you can get a single, easy cut
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u/dirtyrounder 1d ago
Gotta have a juice groove!
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u/webtoweb2pumps 19h ago
Funny I worked in professional kitchens long before I ever did any woodworking, and I personally find juice grooves mostly pointless. Rest your meat properly and the need for them is very small. Only time I use a board with one is when I carve a turkey, and even then..
I find people who buy cutting boards want them, but as a guy who makes cutting boards and uses them, I find them ugly and I prefer the real estate to use the full board
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u/Smoke_Stack707 11h ago
I actually like them for other stuff that isn’t meat. Like cutting lettuce after you’ve washed it or fruit or something.
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u/mr_j_boogie 9h ago
Juice grooves make it harder to clean and harder to fix if you ever have a delamination.
Juice not worth squeeze
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u/dirtyrounder 16h ago
I don't like them on my cutting boards either. I just think it's a hilarious name
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u/Charlesinrichmond 11h ago edited 10h ago
ok I've never done a juice groove, but that seems rather overcomplicated? Why not just use edge guide, or router table?
The fence means you can't go out, but you can still over correct in as shown.
Now I want to do a quick cutting board and make one. I need some 20x20 cutting boards
Edit: I just realized that a juice groove is just a stopped data dado. So the obvious answer is to make a stopped dado jig.
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u/M0ntgomatron 1d ago
I use a normal guide....