glenn bradley
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Hey Dom and Glenn
I have a few questions to ask about these bits. I only by 1/2 inch shanks now so when i look at those left in the half inch shanks it looks to me like they are very long bits. Like 4 1/2 inch length and 2 inch or more cutting length. That is a very long bit for anything you wanna rout. I am trying to figure out the use of some of these. Sure they are a bargain at the price but i aint sure i will ever use them. There are very few with a bearing that are half inch shanks.
Like 4 1/2 inch length and 2 inch or more cutting length. That is a very long bit for anything you wanna rout. I am trying to figure out the use of some of these.
I have a Freud, 3" cutting length, 1/2" diameter flush bit. It was used to dress the layers of my laminated MDF workbench top. I picked it up for a song at a show and it is not the sort of thing I would buy 'just to have handy'. I have had no other use for it since ;-)
P.s. They were already running out of the more popular profiles later in the day that I posted. It was one of those luck of the draw sorts of things like the Norton 3X sandpaper sale at Peachtree, I checked the site 4 hours after I got the email and they were out . . . whew!
Mine finally got here today. Not bad for $30
Mine finally got here today. Not bad for $30
Glenn....question for you. The larger raised panel bit. I bought one as well. What router are you using it on or are you using a shaper? Second question....are you going to use the bit at the height you want, or are you going to make a lower pass, then raise the bit?.....just curious....before I send some cherry flying through the air
I ain't glenn, but i can't resist and I like to talk ... so...
I'm gonna use mine in my Milwaukee 2 1/4hp router with the speed turned down pretty low. I'll be taking multiple passes for sure. Two reasons - hogging off that much wood will surely tear out the wood I would bet, and second - that 2 1/4hp router prolly ain't up for big gulps, just nibbles
Sorry for the dumb question