Greetings
I would like to purchase a "set" of the commonly used router bits for future projects that are looming.
I looked at Home Depot and a typical 3/8" roundover bit w/ bearing is around $22.00
Looking on ebay, they have a fifty piece set for around $50.00. The mfg is grizzly mountain or some name like that. I am an infrequent user of router bits, so I don't need the absolute finest available. Any experience with value of these large collection of bits?
Thanks
BL
I have no idea how good that set is, but proably not very good. OTOH, if you go to
Rather than buying a set of bits that somebody else has picked out, and finding that you never or hardly ever use half of them, you're probably better off to buy one or two at a time as you find that you need them. You may pay more for the ones you buy, but you won't be spending money on bits you don't need.
For good quality at a pretty good price, try MLCS bits
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In router bits, cheap usually means "unsafe." A flying router bit at
25,000 RPM can do a lot of ugly damage. These things break more easily than you would assume.Also, if you have a choice (if your router allows), get a bit with 1/2 inch collet, not 1/4 inch. The reason is that the thicker the collet size the more stable the bit runs, the harder it is to break, and you get better results.
I'll second the suggestion of taking advantage of the Woodcraft $5.00 deal. This is an anomaly pricewise, you are getting a bit that's worth much more than $5.
I haven't seen a router bit yet that comes with a collet. Do you have to specify brand of router or do they come with an assortment?
Messed up. Mean the other thingie that I don;t remember what it's called at this moment. "Shaft" maybe? Who knows. You know what I mean.
Thanks. That's something about my brain... I can remember numbers like no one's business but words, names specially, I temporarily forget too often.
It's really emabarrasing, one time I forgot my own sister's name!
My FIL ruined his router collet with a cheap bit which left a burr. Like he said, the RPM's (I think the max is about 22K on most routers) warrant good engineering.
Joe
Cudda been worse. You could have forgotten she was your sister and asked her for a date.
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