Where can I buy a canoe bit for a tabletop router? Also known as "ball and socket"....

[hdivr]

I'm looking to build an outdoor cedar barrel sauna and was thinking tongue and grove. I looked on manufacturers website and it seems that they use a "ball and socket" type joint to join the staves together.

Anyone know where to purchase a set for grooving 1" or 1-1/2" lumber? I've seen plenty small bits on Ebay and the like but haven't found anything for 1-1/2" height?

[Leon]

You might check with Amana, they make these bits for Tambours, they might make larger ones.

[DanG]

This is really a job for a shaper, not a router, and a healthy one at that. You can look at car siding, a standard mill shape, that may accomplish what you are after. I don't know about availability in cedar. A local mill shop may run the material for you.

[Richk]

Look here

is what I used for my canoe ( the 5/16" version). These do not work well with a cheap router. The bead bit wobbled like crazy in my old crafstman. Worked fine with the dewault.

Rich

[Chris Friesen]

Chris

[Upscale]

[J. Clarke]

You might want to look at the Lee Valley internal and external half-radius bullnose bits

and They can go up to 1-1/4 inch and the radii are matched for each size.

[Nova]

See:

the link doesn't bring up the page search for:

655-701 - FLUTE AND BEAD SET

[Nova]

The subject indicates "canoe bit". I'd sure hate to portage a canoe made out of 1.5" lumber.

[Upscale]

Maybe it's a war canoe.