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Tongue and groove with table saw.
To produce a tongue and groove on the table saw use a dado cutter rather than your everyday blade unless your stock is 3 8 or less in thickness.
It could be 1 4 to 3 16ths wide.
Measure the face width of the existing flooring add the width of its tongue then set the table saw s fence that same distance away.
Every woodworker should be familiar with cutting them on the table saw.
Measure your tongue opening to try and get the proper fit but use a scrap piece to make trial cuts until you get a snug fit.
The tongue and groove is one of the most basic and useful joints.
Using the table saw is easiest when all the material stock is the same thickness.
The tongue and groove joint can be easily created using a router with a matched set of router bits or on a table saw using a stacked dado blade set.
The easiest method and the one i most commonly use is to use the table saw for both the tongue and the groove.
Tongue and groove is one of the strong wood joints used to fit similar wood boards together to create a.
I use the two outside cutters to produce a 1 4 cut width when working 3 4 stock.
Save yourself a bundle by cutting your own wood to width.
When joining two matched boards into one a tongue and groove joint is much stronger than a simple butt joint.
Run your piece on both sides.
The cuts made when creating the two mating workpieces of a tongue and groove joint are non through cuts meaning that the saw blade never goes all the way through the wood.
Setting the tongue and groove of the new board.
Thicker stock calls for a wider groove.
For the tongue use a regular blade also.