Cheap router bit rant

[Kirk (KC) Constable]

This afternoon I broke two router bits (brand new) in a Jointech set...a 5/16" straight bit, and a 1/4" straight. I may have been asking too much of the 5/16, but after breaking that one (snapped off right at the top of the shank), I was taking 1/8" deep cuts with the 1/4" bit...in a hole already rough plowed by the 5/16" bit. There's no excuse for the second one breaking, other than it's a cheap POS. This may explain how they can sell this set of about 12 bits for less than $20. :mad:

For comparison, I was cutting dados in table legs. The two 'Jointech' bits lasted not quite 2-1/2 legs. I have a Whiteside (I think) 1/4" shank that I used to make the same cuts on 8 legs for a desk...and made the 5/16' deep cuts in one pass. I'd use that one to finish up this job, but it's a 1/4" shank and I don't have the right collett for the big PC router. :mad:

KC

[Chris Padilla]

Bummer, KC! I guess you get what you pay for some times.... :)

[Mark Singer]

I really like Whiteside the best! Amana and Viper are very good too. I have had Freuds that vibrate...I just chipped the blade on a Woodline top bearing on the ash bed. They are sending me a new one...free! They stand behind it, but it is not Whiteside

[christopher webb]

whiteside, whiteside........there is no other......you get what you pay for.....you think about it.....1 bit for 20 ,or 12 fro 20.....theres just no comparsion

[Mark Singer]

Chris,
Where do you buy your Whitesides?



whiteside, whiteside........there is no other......you get what you pay for.....you think about it.....1 bit for 20 ,or 12 fro 20.....theres just no comparsion

[christopher webb]

from www.woodcraft.com (http://www.woodcraft.com)

the size he was using 19.95

[Ken Salisbury]

Like they say:


BUYER BEWARE :(

[Ken Leshner]

Mark,

I get my Whitesides from www.librawood.com. Good prices, fast shipping and good service.

[Dave Moran]

KC if you have another PC router check it, my PC 690 collets fit my PC 7518

[Mark J Bachler]

I really like Whiteside the best! Amana and Viper are very good too. I have had Freuds that vibrate...I just chipped the blade on a Woodline top bearing on the ash bed. They are sending me a new one...free! They stand behind it, but it is not Whiteside

I've had problems with poor carbide on a 45 deg bevel Viper bit. Probably just a fluke.

[mike lucas]

CMT sets the standard that every other company tries to aheive. But few come close! Like you said, you get what you pay for.

There are several good brands to choose from. here is a list of most of them

CMT
Freud
Amana
Eagle America
Infinity
Jesada

Then the second teir

MLCS
Magnate
Viper


There are others. But stay away from the $2 router bits. They can get you hurt, or even worse!

[Mark Singer]

I just order several!

Thanks.....Ken, prices are good!


Mark,

I get my Whitesides from www.librawood.com (http://www.librawood.com/). Good prices, fast shipping and good service.

[Steve Clardy]

I buy whiteside almost 99 percent of the time. Great bits. I get them from Ballew Tools, or Routerbits. com