Basic 7 piece 1/2 shank router bits set shank - Whiteside 401; Set includes #1058 1/4in. straight bit, #1067 1/2in. straight bit, #1804-3/8in. cove bit, #1901-3/8in. depth Rabbet bit, #2008 3/8in. roundover and beading bit, #2305 45deg chamfer bit and #2405 1/2in. flush trim bit. This Essential Router Bit set was ranked by woodworkers on several discussion forums as the the favored one among all high end quality router Bit sets.
Whiteside Machine is regularly rated as #1 for cut quality and #1 for value by Fine Woodworking magazine.
Whiteside Machine was originally a machine shop, many decades ago. They were machining precision router bodies for a customer. The customer went broke leaving them sitting on the router bodies so they decide to finish them and sell them. This is a real story of courage, resourcefulness, guts and just plain stubbornness.
Decades later they are still stubborn about absolutely top quality and beautiful tools.
*Please note that the above picture is a representation of the type of tool and may not accurately represent the actual size and dimensions.
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