Both the tongue and groove is passed through just once and gives it a beautiful and strong factory like fit.
Cutting a groove in floor boards.
Not only will the shaper be able to handle the quantity of boards setting it up is simple.
Use a straight flute bit to cut the joint optional specialty tongue and groove bits make easy work of creating the joints but they can be a bit expensive.
Cut the wedge from a scrap of flooring with the groove left on.
Wedge the boards together if necessary to straighten bowed boards.
Drive the wedge between the flooring board and a scrap board screwed to the subfloor.
Hello folks i was wondering if i could get some tips from you all for cutting up tongue and groove chipboard flooring because today when the joiner took up a section off the floor there was pipes very very close to the tops of the joists and right underneath the flooring.
The tongue and groove is one of the most basic and useful joints.
Cut badly bowed boards into shorter lengths.
The same bit can be used to cut both pieces of the joint.
If you don t have the budget for those bits a simple straight flute bit can be used to cut a tongue and groove joint.