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Router Bits
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Today’s Market
No doubt if you do a little shopping around you will find that you canfind a lot of different router bits available. They come in sets or can bebought individually as well. Whenever you go and buy tools it canalways be a tempting event. Most men will usually buy sets so thatthey can be prepared to have the right bit when the job comes along.There is something about having a nice looking set on the wall thatinspires the purchase of router bit sets. Today you can find sets thatcater to just about any type of project and any type of profile that youare interested in. Some good examples of this are:
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Cabinet Maker sets: usually between 2 and 5 bits
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Matched Rail and Stile Cutters: 2 bits
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Vertical Raised Panel Sets: 2 to 4 bits
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Window Sash Bit Sets: usually 2 bits
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Door Lip and Door Edge Bit Sets: 2 bits
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Chamfer Bit Sets: 2 to 4 bits
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Flush Trim Bit Sets: 2 to 4 bits
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Rabbeting Kit Sets: 2 to 6 bits
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Wainscoting Bit Sets: 2 to 4 bits
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Tongue and Groove Sets: 2 bits
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Lock Miter Set: 2 bits
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Joint Maker Sets: 3 bits
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Letter Bit Sets: 4 bits
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Straight Bits Sets: 2 to 8 bits
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Roundover Bit Sets: 2 to 8 bits
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Plywood Straight Bit Sets: 2 to 3 bits
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Spiral Bit Sets: 2 to 7 bits
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Larger Multi Piece Sets: 8 to 77 bits
 
These can be all great purchases based on whatever project youcan work on. If money were not an issue, the well equipped shopwould have one of each of these. There would not be a project thatyou could not tackle with a arsenal like that. However, most shopsbudgets are not unlimited.An economical way around that would be to buy some multi piecesets that have a little of everything. These sets are usually abargain and are especially good for new woodworkers. There aremany different brands of these sets and budget usually will dictatewhich brand you buy. Specialty sites will have their own brandsmade for them overseas and they carefully brand them and marketthem as a inexpensive alternative to the “name brands” you mightfind in retail stores. What most people do not know is that mostretail storefront brands are made in the same factories as the moreinexpensive brands. The brand name item has the advantage of being more well known due to marketing strategies of themanufacturer or distributor. I cannot tell you how many phone callsI answer with a customer declaring that they want no part of aforeign made product. In today’s global economy, that is prettymuch impossible, for even the best well known brands have someof their parts or even the whole item made overseas. It reallycomes down to the business of competing for market share.This is why buying router bit sets can be a great way to get a lot of different bits into your shop and learning about your router table.Most router bits have a limited life span. A good example would bea table saw. If properly taken care of, it will last a lifetime. Mostpeople know that the blade will not. Yes you can sharpen them, buteventually you will have to replace them. Router bits are the sameway. So cutting your teeth on a good inexpensive set is a greatway to find out which bits you will use and which ones end upsitting there. I have many router bits that have become shopornaments since I cannot really find much use for it. Howeversomeday a project will call for that odd bit and I will have it readyto go.
 
 
Carbide Verses HSS Steel
You will notice that there is a price difference between HSS steelbits and carbide tipped router bits. HSS use to be the industrystandard until the carbide tipped versions became available. Themain difference is the amount of time the blade stays sharp.Carbide tipped blades hold an edge longer. In the shop it is allabout how long you can use a bit before it needs to be sharpened
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