Had a pro call out my edge banding at a job site last month

Guy told me my glue line looked like a drunk ran it, and he was right. I switched from a trim router bit to a flush trim chisel and the difference is night and day. Any of you still fighting with routers for banding?

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emmajackson12d ago

My neighbor whos been doing cabinets since the 80s showed me his trick - he uses a sharp block plane for the final pass on edge banding. I tried it after watching him knock off a 1/64" in like two seconds flat. The glue line disappears completely because the plane cuts through the veneer and glue together. I still use the router for rough trimming but that block plane step changed everything for me.

alice80812d ago

@emmajackson that plane trick sounds amazing. Never thought about cutting through the glue like that.