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Tried a trick with a piece of painter's tape to mark my hinge mortise depth and it worked perfectly on a maple face frame.
I was struggling to get consistent depth on my 35mm hinge mortises until I stuck a strip of tape on the forstner bit shank as a depth stop, which gave me a perfect clean edge every time without any tear-out. What's your go-to method for keeping those mortises clean?
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wyatt7711mo ago
Love that tape trick, it's so simple! I actually agree with @ryanprice about scoring first, but a sharp bit and light passes matter more than any fancy gear.
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ryanprice1mo ago
Ever see someone try to fix a problem by making a much bigger one? My buddy was so fed up with tear-out on his cabinet doors that he bought a fancy template guide bushing kit. He spent a whole Saturday setting it up, only to realize his router base was the wrong size for the new bushings. He went back to just scoring the outline with a knife first and going slow, which is what he should have done in the first place. The tape trick is smarter than half the tools in my shop.
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