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Morris Dovey
 
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Default cheap router bits

Mike O. (in ) said:

| I swear that all of the dull bits we sent to the sharpener were
| sharper than the brand new VA right out of the box. The bit was
| cheap at $16 but that was about $15 too much and that's only if the
| bearing is worth a buck. We could have driven another ten miles and
| poked around in the display case with all of the shiny blue Bosch
| bits.
|
| I don't know why I do that kinda stuff!!!

Everybody does it once. Mine were a cheap set of yellow-painted
no-name bits on sale at Menards. Chucked one up in the router table
and got wood smoke as soon as the brand new bit touched pine. Decided
to keep 'em around in case I ever run out of matches.

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Morris Dovey
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