On Jan 21, 8:40*am, "Leon" wrote:
"SBH" wrote in ...
First, I wanted to point out about a good router guide book I forgot I had
from Woodsmith which I read intently and learned much. Second, it
mentioned a few high performance quality bits specifically Amana, Freud,
CMT and MLCS. I know Amana and Freud are quality bits but never guessed
the CMT and MLCS.Visiting my local Woodcraft retailer, who sells CMT, I
always thought they were a lower quality bit equaling that of their own
retail brand and never gave them a second look. After reading the Router
book, I'm now more alert to the CMT's. *Does anyone use these bits and how
do you like them?

CMT has been around a long time. *Long ago, CMT America?, an American
company in Florida IIRC, pretty much only sold the quality Italian CMT bits.
As time went by the American CMT company began making their own router bits
and also branding them as CMT.

Because of that the Italian CMT company took the American CMT to court and
won the case. *As a result the courts ordered the American CMT company to
rename their router bits which late became known as Jesada. *The name was
derived from the first two letters from the owner's kids names.

Jesada made a pretty good bit however IMHO it was never quite as good as the
CMT bit.

Jesada sold out and the current owner still uses the Jesada name.

One of the original Jesada kids now has a router bit company that is known
asInfinity. *IMHO these bits are "ok" but not up to the quality standards
of the old Jesada bits and certainly not up to the quality of the current
and old CMT bits. *IIRCInfinitydoes not or did not *manufacture their
bits, they have their bits manufactured by an off shore company.

I have a set of rail and stile bits that are the real CMT bits and they have
been working well for the last 15 years.

Leon,

Have you tried Infinity Tools router bits? What basis do you have to
say that their products are not as good as others? The ones that I
have are excellent quality and are as good or better than any of the
other top brands I've used.

Bob.