Hi all, I'm looking to do a series of long grooves that go all the way through 3/4 white oak in order to create a number of equally wide strips. The actual width of the groove doesn't matter - just that it goes all the way through - and the length is typically about 24". (I've attached a really simple mockup in case it isn't clear what I mean.)

The current approach I'm taking is just to take a 1/4" compression spiral and do three 1/4" passes, followed by a final pass to ensure that I go all the way through. I previously tried heavier passes and doing different feed rates, but this seems to provide the best results so far.

As I started to recently learn about adaptive clearing and utilizing the full height of the cutter to do light passes, it got me wondering if there's a better way to do this. For example, using a narrower bit to spiral down, and then clear it out progressively. Or maybe there's another technique I'm missing altogether? I'd appreciate any insight you might have on this.