Once the cuts are made put the boards together to get a tongue and groove joint.
Making tongue and groove siding.
A 1x4 tongue groove pattern is going to create a line every 3 inches while a 1x6 creates its line every 5 inches for the same pattern.
All products are solid wood precision milled and kiln dried.
Make sure your routing table is clear of sawdust and other debris.
Your goal is to leave the same amount of material on the tongue board as you cut away on the groove board.
However where mortise and tenon is used to impart strength and rigidity to workpieces typically connected at right angles a good tongue and groove joint shines at joining parallel workpieces.
If you d like to make these slats on your router table i suggest you use a slot cutter for cutting the groove.
The tongue is analogous to the tenon and is sized to exactly fit into a matching open sided mortise the groove.
Any rubbish under the wood can cause errors in your cuts.
For the tongue move the fence forward so that you re cutting away the edges of the board.
To begin making tongue and groove boards you first must decide to use either a table saw or a router.
Installation is easy making it a great product for do it yourselfers.
The tongue and groove profile uses the method of fitting boards together edge to edge allowing two flat pieces to be joined strongly together to make a single flat surface.
Whenever you re making tongue and groove joints the general practice is to start with the groove and then cut a tongue to fit the groove.
This will take at least two passes.
I chose to install my wall with the tongue side facing up and the groove side facing down.
Exposure and sight lines.
When installing being by nailing one board to the top of the wall.
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