Routing a groove length of a 2x4

[mjmwa...@gmail.com]

Seems to me that this is job for a router table.

Need to put a groove down the length of a small (less than 3 feet)
2x4. Was thinking I could do this by hand. It's a small groove. Not
more than 3/8 of a inch or so and only about 1/2 deep.

Thoughts, recommendations?

MJ

[Swingman]

Either a router table with a fence, or a dado stack in the table saw ...
depends on what you have.

Personally, I would go for the dado stack on the TS, but I'm set up to
do that quicker, but either will work.

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[Elrond Hubbard]

"mjmwa...@gmail.com" <mjmwa...@gmail.com> wrote in news:8b513385-ed8c-
49a8-a8cb-5...@y28g2000prd.googlegroups.com:

Multiple passes on the table saw would get the job done more quickly than
setting up a router or dado, if it's a one-shot job.

Scott

[RicodJour]

On Oct 5, 8:21 pm, "mjmwall...@gmail.com" <mjmwall...@gmail.com>
wrote:

You could do it with a circular saw and a sawboard. With the right
blade you can get excellent results and it pretty much eliminates
splintering. You'd just have to take a couple of passes and move the
sawboard a bit for the second cut.

http://www.rochesterwoodworkers.org/JunkDrawer/Sawboard.pdf

R

[Puckdropper at dot]

Swingman <k...@nospam.com> wrote in
news:tqidnaSetM7qE1fX...@giganews.com:

> mjmwa...@gmail.com wrote:
>> Seems to me that this is job for a router table.
>>
>> Need to put a groove down the length of a small (less than 3 feet)
>> 2x4. Was thinking I could do this by hand. It's a small groove. Not
>> more than 3/8 of a inch or so and only about 1/2 deep.
>>
>> Thoughts, recommendations?
>>
>> MJ
>
> Either a router table with a fence, or a dado stack in the table saw
> ... depends on what you have.
>
> Personally, I would go for the dado stack on the TS, but I'm set up to
> do that quicker, but either will work.
>

3/8" wide would only be 3-4 passes with a standard blade. No dado stack
needed.

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"Puckdropper" <puckdropper(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote in message
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> Swingman <k...@nospam.com> wrote in
> news:tqidnaSetM7qE1fX...@giganews.com:
>
>> mjmwa...@gmail.com wrote:
>>> Seems to me that this is job for a router table.
>>>
>>> Need to put a groove down the length of a small (less than 3 feet)
>>> 2x4. Was thinking I could do this by hand. It's a small groove. Not
>>> more than 3/8 of a inch or so and only about 1/2 deep.
>>>
>>> Thoughts, recommendations?
>>>
>>> MJ
>>
>> Either a router table with a fence, or a dado stack in the table saw
>> ... depends on what you have.
>>
>> Personally, I would go for the dado stack on the TS, but I'm set up to
>> do that quicker, but either will work.
>>
>
> 3/8" wide would only be 3-4 passes with a standard blade. No dado stack
> needed.
>
> Puckdropper
> --

Either router table or table saw (no dado).

[Larry W]

In article <8b513385-ed8c-49a8...@y28g2000prd.googlegroups.com>,

If this is a one-time job, I could make 3 or 4 passes on my table saw and be
done with it in less time than it takes to get out the router, put in a
bit and adjust it, and plug it in. YMMV.

--
There is always an easy solution to every human problem -- neat,
plausible, and wrong." (H L Mencken)

Larry Wasserman - Baltimore Maryland - lwasserm(a)sdf. lonestar. org

[Phisherman]

Tablesaw. Probably I would not bother with a dado blade, a few
passes and you're done. To perfectly center the groove, flip the
board.