TIL my old way of cutting dados was costing me time and accuracy

After a frustrating project in my home shop where my joints were just a hair off, I finally switched from using a standard router bit to a dedicated 3/4-inch spiral upcut bit for my table-mounted router, and the difference in clean, precise cuts was immediate, so what's your go-to method for clean dados on sheet goods?

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andrew_craig3d ago

My old straight bit seemed fine until I tried a spiral.

lisa_hill233d ago

Spiral bits are a total game changer for that. The clean pull on the upcut gets rid of all that chip-out mess. I won't go back to a straight bit now.