Kitchen Cabinet Door Rail and Stile Stacked vs 2 Bits
I need to buy rail and stile bits to build a few kitchen cabinet doors. I’ve heard that for low volume work the Stacked (not reversible) rail and stile bit is the better option due to it’s lower cost vs a 2 Bit set. I was considering the MLCS Stacked bit vs the Infinity 2 Bit set. Would appreciate some more advice.
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Matter of efficiency
The Stacked sets work fine.
If you have two routers so you can do a set up and run once on each one without changing things it is nicer for a large production run. So that you don't need to change anything untill things are assembled so you know you don't need to make additional stock.
For a short run for a few doors the stacked set makes sense. Just be sure that you make some extra incase you screw the pooch.
Try MLCS
For the stacked set I'd go with MLCS's Katana line. I don't have a stacked set. But I do have several of their bits, and they are of good quality.
You can buy the reversable sets from just about averyone. If I were buying now I'd spend a bit more on the Freud Premier adjustable sets. This will allow you to compensate for the thickness of wood you have, instead of having to plane all the wood to a fairly tight tolerance.