10 "Must-have" router bits by Shop Notes
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10 "Must-have" router bits by Shop Notes
Loring in Katy, TX USA
If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
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Or the 9-piece kit with 6 bearing diameters for 6 width rabbets.
Loring in Katy, TX USA
If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
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The good thing about rabbet bits with bearings is that the rabbet width is made virtually of perfect width by simply choosing the right bearing. Typically you can get 1/8, 1/4, 3/8, 1/2 3/16, 5/16, etc. which is half the difference of the cutter dia. and the bearing dia.
If you are going to use a rabbet bit and be changing a lot of bearings, this bit vise may be of use: http://www.bt3central.com/showthread...outer+bit+viseLoring in Katy, TX USA
If your only tool is a hammer, you tend to treat all problems as if they were nails.
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Hard to go wrong with those as your base set.Happiness is sort of like wetting your pants....everyone can see it, but only you can feel the warmth.Comment
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I just bought a Bosch rabbeting bit (1/2 x 1/2) at my local Lowes a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately it is a 1/4-shank, as they didn't have the 1/2-inch shank. I'm in the midst of making shutters for four windows in the library. Still messing around with my prototype though.
I prefer a shear angle for rabbets, as opposed to a straight cutting edge. Just seems to give a nicer edge.
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Most useful in my experience:
- spiral up-cut (I use 1/4" - am thinking I'd like a 3/8")
- Rabbeting set (get a set with multiple bearings)
- Round over set (get a set - with interchangeable bearings - that way
the round-over set also functions as a bead set)
I used to use straight bits a lot until I tried a spiral bit ---- Man, I'm hooked.
For Mortises, the spiral up-cut seems to work much better for me.
I use my dove-tail bit some. Can't say it's impossible to do without, though.
Thanks to bt3central, I recommend
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