Grinding a router bit

Mar 17, 2006 21 Replies

I don't see how (at least for 1/4" ply). According to the info on the set, the smallest groove it will cut is 7/32, which is already the size I have (which is too big). It's too bad, because they're the only ones I've seen that have the correct diameter (1.75").

todd

It's pretty easy to grind a carbide bit down if you have a diamond sharpening stone and a digital vernier or mic. I ground a 6.3mm one down to 5.5 to make a cutter to fit a guitar truss rod (roughly your sizes!). If you haven't got a diamond stone yet, you don't know what you're missing!

Work out how much you have to take off each side, then grind down one side all the way, checking for *parallel* as you go with the vernier/mike (the other edge is your datum). Then flip the tool over and grind the other side, also checking for parallel. Takes no more than ten minutes.

Clifford Heath.

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