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Thread: Which Router Bits Are Decent?
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14th April 2021, 04:01 PM #46Member
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I have one of those Bangood bottom and top bearing flush trim bits. It was cheap as chips and I thought if it does not last long I'll just get another. It has turned out to be pretty good and has a ton of use and still gives a reasonable finish. Who'd have thought? I've had one of those Whiteside two bearing spiral flush trim bits for a while but it has not had much use because it is a bit chunky, and vibrates dangerously in my aging Ryobi which has naff bearings. I thought I'd got a dud but tried it in the TRA001 at my Menz Shed and it was fine. It had it's first proper use today when my Bosch 1600CE arrived, and produced an excellent finish on some rimu.
Other than that, I have a number of bits from Bunnings and Mitre10, and big box of bits from The Toolshed, and so long as they are cleaned now and again, they seem to last forever. I suppose I do freshen the flat edges with a diamond plate now and again.
When I think about it, that single Whiteside bit cost more than all my other bits put together, and by a significant margin.
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14th April 2021, 05:48 PM #47
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On router bits... good read.
I really like the HUHAO and ARDEN bits Aldav suggested. I've many of these especially in spiral carbide. I used to do a LOT of MDF and these bits last forever. The companies are excellent to deal with too.
I also have lots of Carbitool, Armana, a few CMT orange and quite a few of the blue Rocklers.
These have never disappointed me. They've all sharpened well and bearings have been easy to obtain for when they eventually die.
The only disappointments have been the el-cheapo multipacks sold at places like Bunnings. The disappointment is VAST. There is no worse feeling than a poor finish from a tool that was sold down to a price. This reflects my general view of everything sold there... rock bottom prices for rock bottom quality. I've NEVER had a decent kit in those multipacks. Dreadful investment. Junk, absolute junk.
Buy 5 or 6 core profiles in the above brands and you'll not be sorry.
On the DIMAR.... shame their website doesn't tell you where to BUY THEM!!!
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14th April 2021, 08:04 PM #48
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14th April 2021, 09:26 PM #49
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14th April 2021, 09:33 PM #50Taking a break
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Had a slot cutter throw itself out of a trimmer once (still can't figure out what caused it), fortunately it was outdoors on a fairly empty job site and no one was in the way of it. I've certainly never heard of a bit spontaneously exploding, maybe if you spun it up to 60k rpm...
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14th April 2021, 09:46 PM #51
Slot cutters are not one piece tools like most router bits. Probably somewhere south of 15k is where these should be run. Most trimmers in the past were not really a good tool for this type of router bit. They were mostly fixed speed, and mostly somewhere in the 20+k.
I don't know of a router that can even spin at 30k, let alone double that.
Not saying this cannot happen, I'm just wondering how often this actually, really, and verifiably spontaneously happens in real life without some other factor. For example, hitting a nail or other fastener.
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14th April 2021, 09:52 PM #52Taking a break
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1/4" trimmers seem to all be 30k, you're not getting more than that in a hand held tool. Never had an issue before or since with a slot cutter in a trimmer
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14th April 2021, 11:11 PM #53
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15th April 2021, 08:16 AM #54
Smaller routers, such as trimmers tend to have slightly higher speeds than their bigger brothers. This is because the smaller machines are usually restricted to 1/4" shafts, which in turn "tend" to be smaller diameter bits. This is not completely true as there are notable exceptions (the slotting cutters are a rather, to my mind, bizarre exception) . It is the tip speed of the bit that is important. As the diameter increases the tip speed increases and it is necessary to reduce the machine speed. Otherwise the bit will burn the timber as well as exceeding it's optimum cutting speed.
Larger routers increasingly today have the variable speed option which permits dialling down the speed as cutter diameter increases. This becomes very necessary over, say, 25mm.
Regards
PaulBushmiller;
"Power tends to corrupt. Absolute power corrupts, absolutely!"
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4th June 2021, 05:23 PM #56Novice
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I bought a small CNC router a few years ago to supplement my other woodworking tools, you can use standard router bits on the CNC but mostly the spiral bits are used but they are very expensive for a learner who will eventually break a few bits.
I tried to find what router bits are made in Australia but have had no luck finding anyone that does I would be interested to know if there are any manufacturers here in Australia as I am happy to support local manufacturing.
Woodworking stores do not seem to be transparent about where their router bits are made so I can only assume that nearly all router bits are made in China. If the stores are buying them from China and re branding them I thought I would buy them from China myself and maybe get them 20% cheaper than local, I seriously underestimated the savings. I started off buying the very cheap bits but they still cut well 2 years later so I started buying more expensive coated bits etc. which cut fantastic. If I shop online with local companies I do not save anything and have to pay for delivery on top of the price.
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On the DIMAR.... shame their website doesn't tell you where to BUY THEM!!! [/QUOTE]
They sell direct to you.
call Joseph 0417 044 180, he will sort you out-no problem.
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