Routing The Edges For T-Molding

Construction has slowed a little somewhat over the last week as I've been mainly just applying coats of paint and working on completing my Hyperspin setup. However, we did manage to get the routing done around the edging of the side panels for the t-molding. Neither me nor my Dad owns a router and so my girlfriends Granddad was kind enough to lend me his, unfortunately the bit needed for cutting the slot for the t-molding is very difficult to source in the UK and so I had to order it from Groovy Game Gear in the US; which arrived in exactly a week.

The cutter is designed for cutting a slot that is 1/16", the part of the t-molding that is pressed into the slot is 3/32" which allows the 'teeth' of the molding to bite into the slight narrower slot that we cut.

Once the blade was aligned with the very centre of the wood, the actual cutting was very easy, (be sure to wear safety goggles and a mask as this thing produces SO much fine sawdust) but make sure you're not running the router over your final coat of paint at it will leave marks. When we'd finished cutting we pressed a little of the t-molding into the slot and it sat in perfectly; looking forward to when the final coats of paint are applied so we can put it all on!