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.
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.
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.