1/2 in. Height Rabbeting Router Bit

Thanks for a fantastic question! Yes, the Height Rabbeting Router Bit comes with a ½” diameter bearing to produce a 3/8” cut depth, but other bearings are available to produce other cut depths.

Not that I could tell, but you should be able to change the depth on the router instead. Changing the bearing height wouldn't change the depth since it doesn't do anything vertically

Short answer, NO. The cutter and shaft are one piece, so the depth cannot be changed. That is why they make different depth cutters.

Yes

Yes. I have found them difficult to find

It is a 1/4" shank

Thanks for a great question! The Rabbeting Router Bit has a ¼” shank. The ½” dimension mentioned in the description refers to the height of the carbide cutting edge.

probably 1/4" or 3/8".

1/4 inch

Mine did not

No. It only comes with one bearing.

No, but if used with a router table, you could adjust the fence to reduce the cutting depth.

Hi Mike, thanks for your inquiry! The Rabbeting Router Bit includes a bearing for making a cut that is 3/8” deep.

No. Mine did not.

Need more details. Sounds like a job for a table saw with a Dado head

I have used both methods. If your saw is set up, use it. Just take your time and walk up to the dimensions you want.

If you're trying to make a "pocket" for the slats to fit into, this isn't your bit. This one makes an L-shaped channel along the side of a board. Imagine the back side of a picture frame that has the recessed area for the glass and your picture. This bit will make that recess cut.

Hello Alan, you are correct, this is not the tool for that specific job. If you wish to cut a 3/4" rabbet for slats I would recommend dado blades, they're a set of 2 regular table saw blades that sandwich 3 or 4 partial blades that can cut anywhere from 1/4" to 3/4" or even more in one pass! They used to be somewhat pricy when they first came out but are now fairly reasonable. You can also use a router with a straight bit but it requires straight edges & lots of clamping or making jigs/templates. here are a few pics. Good luck!

To truly help you with this I almost need to see your plans. This would help in telling you how to achieve the results you want. I do think that this bit would do the job, but you will need to make two passes to attain the wished for results.

I agree with Bill except that depth is not limited to vertical, nor is it directly related to it. Depth is not s specific direction, it is in reference to the density of an object. The ocean, being a liquid and not a gas has depth. But so does a mountain (or a cave, which is truly representing the depth of the mountain that's missing). At any rate, height is always vertical. Depth is always "how deep into a material" - in this case, when referenced to the cut, depth could be considered "width" but as associated to the blade

look, we're speaking English here, so when we use the word "height" we describe a vertical distance. and we also describe a vertical distance when we use the word "depth". For example: "I am 6 feet in height, and I can free-dive into the ocean to a depth of 100 feet." So when Diablo says their product has: " 3/8" Cut Depth 1/2" Cut Height (that's right off the package) We have to be a little confused, because there ain't no way the bit makes TWO different vertical cuts. When you install this bit in your hand-held router, it will cut 3/8" horizontally into the work piece (so-called "depth") and 1/2" (so-called "height") vertically from where the top of the bit's carbide cutter contacts the work piece. If you have the ability to look at the actual product, it is intuitively obvious to the most casual observer how it will work. But if you read the pathetically incomplete info on the home depot website, or just read the info on the diablo package, you'll only know for certain that it's a rabbeting bit.

The height of the carbide is 3/8"

Bill is correct. The total diameter is 1 1/4 inches. The bearing is 1/2 inch. Difference is 3/4 inches. Divide that by two to get 3/8 inch cutting depth. The cutting height can be adjusted from very little up to a maximum of 1/2 inch.

I believe the "Height" term they use in the industry is a little misleading. I believe the height is the distance between the outer edge of the cut to the outer edge of the bearing. In other words, the width of the cut is 1/2". So, if the bearing diameter is 1/2", and the total diameter of the bit is 1", the difference, 1/2", would be the "height" of the cut. The depth of the cut (3/8" in this bit) is how much vertical material could be removed in one pass. Correct me if I'm wrong!