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| | | | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 71 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 71 | I'm replacing the wood in my trucks bed. What would happen if I didn't route the edge of the board for the wear strip? My thought was to just bolt the wear strip over the unrouted boards. My truck has a fleetside bed, will the wheel wells fit? | | | | | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,312 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,312 | The " routed " edges serve a couple of purposes. The groove in the edge allows the boards to move a little without going too far either direction. Also recesses the wear strip so it does not interfere with loading/unloading bed. Grooving is pretty easy. I used a couple of passes with a Table Saw. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 71 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 71 | What kind of blade did you use on the table saw. | | | | | Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,312 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: May 2004 Posts: 1,312 | Just a good quality finishing blade - Carbide tipped works well.
Inside cut is slightly deeper than rest - make it first, then work your way out to edge by moving saw fence a little each time.
Practice on a scrap piece first.
Have a look at the Mar-K site here - I think it has dimensions for grooves. | | |
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