Thread: Bit Care

Have never found the need to oil them nor put on any sort of chemical protector. The real enemy is the bits bumping into each other in the drawer/box/cigar case and chipping the brittle carbide cutting edges. Mine are stored in a tray made by CMT and purchased from Carbatec but I'm about to make more trays by drilling into UHMW (better known as that white plastic sheet sold as kitchen cutting boards) which overcomes the problem of shanks sticking into the trays (and you slicing your fingers as you grab the cutting edge while trying to pull the little buggers out!)
The other thing to look out for is that there are male and female bits and, like mice, if you put a male and female in the same container they breed in no time at all. I seem to have 3 times as many bits as I remember buying.
Resin can be a problem, especially on trim bits, and I clean that by soaking them in a bathroom shower cleaner made from oranges ... forgotten the name.
good luck with your Triton, I love mine, Fletty

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Carb-i-tool Router bit manufacturers in Melbourne sell a nice little kit for cleaning blades, router bits, saw tables etc. $29.95 for the lot or you can buy them separately.

maybe they'll send one in the mail ?

thanks for the tips, ill try to remember to sharpen the bits slightly but often...oh and ill try to keep the males from the females......but no guarentees with that one