Who makes good router bits? I've seen lots of price differences and I've
looked at a few of them at places like Lowes who carries Skil and Bosch and
then there is the Craftsman brand and Sears.
Thanks Again

"Palmer" wrote in message
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Who makes good router bits? I've seen lots of price differences and I've
looked at a few of them at places like Lowes who carries Skil and Bosch
and then there is the Craftsman brand and Sears.
Thanks Again

Many good bits that are accurate, will last a long time and fair prices can
be found at:.

www.infinitytools.com

www.routerbits.com They have Whiteside. Amana is good, CMT, probably
others I've missed. Not quite as good, but a great value are the $5 bits at
www.woodcraft.com when they are on sale.

Learn about routers and bits from: www.patwarner.com

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Ed
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Palmer wrote:
Who makes good router bits? I've seen lots of price differences and I've
looked at a few of them at places like Lowes who carries Skil and Bosch and
then there is the Craftsman brand and Sears.
Thanks Again


For a one man shop you could also look into www.pricecutter.com
I would not use them in a production shop setting but for the price it's
worth a look over Skil and craftsman brand.

"Palmer" writes:

Who makes good router bits?

There are several.

CMT will continue to get my business until they prove they don't deserve it.

HTH

Lew

Who makes good router bits?

CMT gets my vote.

Dave

Palmer wrote:Who makes good router bits? I've seen lots of price differences
and I've
looked at a few of them at places like Lowes who carries Skil and Bosch and
then there is the Craftsman brand and Sears.
Thanks Again



There's also Whiteside, Amana and Oldham. And remember, you'll usually get what
you pay for. Tom
Work at your leisure!

Tom wrote:

Palmer wrote:Who makes good router bits? I've seen lots of price differences
and I've
looked at a few of them at places like Lowes who carries Skil and Bosch and
then there is the Craftsman brand and Sears.
Thanks Again



There's also Whiteside, Amana and Oldham. And remember, you'll usually get what
you pay for. Tom
Work at your leisure!

Whiteside is good value although I peronally don't think their carbide
and sharpening are quite up to the standards of Amana. Of course,
similar profiles are normally a good 20% or so cheaper, too (and
sometimes much more than that). For non-production work, I'd not
hesitate. I've been running a bunch of window frame w/ soft maple and
the Whiteside cutters are showing the effect much sooner than I would
like (and expected)...

Whiteside

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 03:14:01 GMT, "Palmer"
wrote:

Who makes good router bits? I've seen lots of price differences and I've
looked at a few of them at places like Lowes who carries Skil and Bosch and
then there is the Craftsman brand and Sears.
Thanks Again

Noone has anything good to say about Freud? Prices don't seem that out
of line when I compared a few profiles against others' favourites below
(Whiteside, Amana).

On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 20:02:55 -0800, TheNewGuy wrote:


Noone has anything good to say about Freud? Prices don't seem that out
of line when I compared a few profiles against others' favourites below
(Whiteside, Amana).

I get Freud at my local borg (Home Hardware, ex Beaver Lumber). They are
good bits.

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There was a nice article on router bits in FWW August 1999. They
compared 17 straight router bits in a rather scientific fashion to test
initial sharpness (first 25 feet) and final sharpness (after 250 feet
or so). The test was done with melamine to make the chipout clearer;
the rational is that what happens with melamine in 250' will eventually
happen with bits in hard wood as well.

Their conculsions: in the VERY BEST category are Whiteside and
Ridge/Carbide Liberty. In the top-4 category are also Oldham-Viper and
Freud. The second-tier (but still good) bits were Amana, MLCS, CMT
and Carb-Tech. The third tier is much lower quality: Bosch, Eagle, PC,
Woodworker's choice; most of these start out fine but quickly
degenerate into chippers. Jessada's bits kept breaking, so the results
are a bit hard to interpret. I think (after Jessada sent a third bit
to FWW) the results put Jessada in the midfdle of the second pack. The
fourth tier is not worth your money, even though they are cheap.

You have to take these results for what they a a very scientific
test of straight 1/2" router bits in melamine. Still, one suspects
that the quality of this bit may be related to the companies entire
product line.

Hope this helps.

Lars


On 2005-01-12 21:14:01 -0600, "Palmer" said:

Who makes good router bits? I've seen lots of price differences and
I've looked at a few of them at places like Lowes who carries Skil and
Bosch and then there is the Craftsman brand and Sears.
Thanks Again

Has anyone come across or used Millers Falls rail/stile and raised panel
bits. I saw a set for less than $AUD120 for the three bits, seemed a
nice raised vertical profile bit. Are they genuine Millers Falls or an
asian copy? Unusual to see what could possibly, be good quality
equipment in this part of the world.