V Glue Joint Making

I typically machine v-glue joints with the grain when a very strong joint is needed such my bench top as instance but never if look matters because of the bevelled cut and possible splinters along the board. As example raised panels are simply jointed edge to edge. I also use v-glue joints end grain against end grain with board over 25mm thick (1") and up to that thickness I would rather joint the workpieces with finger joints.

Overview


So I start squaring the boards on the table saw or with that more conventional method then mark the sides so that not getting lost when time comes to assemble the workpieces.

Milling Boards


I set the v-glue joint cutter head as low as I can on the spindle moulder shaft then adjust the cut depth so that machining the whole side using the adjusting without measuring method.

Tooling


The Fence plates in traditional position are locked as close as possible from the cutter head and I machine about ten centimetres (five inches) of the first stock then stop the spindle moulder before adjusting the outfeed plate so that filling the gap.

Plate Adjustment


All the workpieces but one go now through the cutter with the marked sides up and against the fence. Next the lift mechanism may dynamically adjust the height of the cutter head a half the gap between two teeth but removing the dedicated ring spacer that came with the tool leads to the same outcome although being more time consuming. Then three of the four opposed sides are finally machined the same way. Note I never reached satisfactory results feeding the workpieces by hand and the power feed unit works great in such situation.

Machining