French Traditional, Router Bits - 1/2 Shank, Carbide Tipped - Whiteside 3272;
3/16" Cove Radius, 5/16" Bead Radius, 1-1/2" Large Diameter, 5/8" Cutting Length, 2-1/2" Overall Length
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.
Braze tools ( CT carbide tipped or TCT Tungsten Carbide Tipped ) Have a piece of expensive tungsten carbide brazed to a steel shaft. This gives you the incredible long wear of carbide (up to 100 times that of steel) and the toughness of a steel saw plate, router shaft, etc. It makes a clearly superior tool at a greatly reduced cost.
*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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