Most of your decision making as to which technique to use depends on two variables.
Tongue and groove flooring tools.
Use it on stock from 5 8 through 1 1 4 thick.
But with the right bits the joints can be made just as easily and more efficiently on a router table or a shaper.
Special bits also allow them to cut grooves on end joints for tongue and groove strip fits and molding.
Flooring installers can use a router for removing wood for decorative inlay and borders.
Your shop tools and the quantity of boards needed to mill.
The woodworker s helpin hand tool helps to compress and straighten tongue groove shiplap flooring and decking boards for a straight tight fit.
Valiant tongue and groove router bit tool set shank with 45 lock miter bit shank solid steel anti kickback design easy operation for doors tables shelves walls diy woodwork more.
Amana tool 55414 2 piece carbide tipped wedge tongue groove 15 deg angle x 1 1 4 d x 1 1 4 ch x 1 2 inch shk router bit set tongue and groove joint cut by this two bit set can be used for applications as diverse as assembling broad tabletops and other panels and making strip flooring.