Deep cutting (not carving)?
I have a project that involves making a bunch of vector cuts with no carving. (The sides have to be perfectly straight, which the V-bit can't do.) The trouble is that I got 1 1/4" cherry (it was cheaper than 1") and I don't want to do it as a two-sided cut because of indexing issues. So far I've been planing the wood down to 1", but that's a LOT of planing. I'm afraid I've already worn my planer's blades halfway dull!
Is there a way to get the CW to do 1 1/4" cuts? I've seen the long carving bits, but they won't do. I understand I need Designer 2 for this, but is there some way (perhaps using the Rock chuck and a 3rd party cutting bit) to do this? I'm pretty new to the CW so I'm not sure what combination of things have to happen for this to work, or if it's even possible. If it has to be done in two passes it's alright - I just want to avoid the issues that come with two-sided jobs.