Infinity Tools Slip Tongue Flooring Router Bit w/ Bearing Kit

Slip Tongue Flooring Router Bit
w/ Bearing kit

If you're interested in making your own hardwood flooring, consider the time-tested Slip Tongue Joint. When installing new wood flooring, boards are first positioned at an angle and then pivoted into place. If you use a traditional square-shaped spline, the square edges will get in the way during that pivot and could crack the delicate shoulders of the grooves.

A Slip Tongue Joint solves this problem by rounding the edges of both the spline and the grooves. When you angle your new floorboards into place, the rounded edges slide right into place and your joints align easily. You get more strength than would be afforded by a bare edge-joint, and you can even use the Slip Tongue joint to join edge grain to edge grain wood.

The Slip Tongue Flooring Router Bit comes with an Infinity Cutting Tools 1/4" x 3/4" bearing (BR-110) to make a 1/4" x 1/4" groove. You can pair this groove cutter with a Bullnose Router Bit to create a 1/4" rounded edge for your splines.

If you like to make your Slip Tongue grooves deeper or shallower than 1/4", you can purchase an optional bearing kit. When the Slip Tongue Router Bit (05-127B) is used with a 1/4" x 1/2" Bearing (BR-109) the Slip Tongue Router Bit will produce a 1/4" x 3/8" deep groove that can typically be used with a 1/4" x 5/8" to 1/4" x 3/4" Slip Tongue spline. When used with a 1/4" x 5/8" Bearing (BR-111) it will produce a 1/4" x 5/16" deep groove that can typically be used with a 1/4" x 1/2" to 1/4" x 5/8" Slip Tongue spline.

Features Include:

• The Slip Tongue Flooring Router Bit (05-127B) comes packaged with a 1/4" x 3/4" Bearing (BR-110)
  • Makes a 1/4" x 1/4" Slip Tongue Groove
  • Pairs perfectly with the pictured 1/4" Bullnose Bit (54-520) to make 1/4" x 1/4" splines
• Use an optional 1/4" x 1/2" Bearing (BR-109) to make a 1/4" x 3/8" deep Slip Tongue Groove
• Use an optional 1/4" x 5/8" Bearing (BR-111) to make a 1/4" x 5/16" deep Slip Tongue Groove

Uses in your shop:

• Create hardwood flooring that installs smoothly without damaging your wood
• Use as an alternative to edge-to-edge joints for much stronger, more stable glue-ups