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Router Bits

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		Router Bit Sets General purpose sets great for getting started as well as specialty sets for plastics, door and cabinet making, CNC routers and more.

		CNC Spoilboard Surfacing Router Bits Straight cutting or upshear.

		Door and Window Router Bits Stile and Rail, Finger Pull, Raised Panel and more for creating doors and windows.

		Grooving Router Bits V-groove, T-slot and fancy shaped profiles for cutting into the face of a panel or part. These bits do not include a bearing and are capable of plunging directly into a panel or part face. For flat grooving (such as dados) and template cutting see Straight Flute or Spiral Flute Router Bits.

		Jointing Router Bits Router bits for creating wood joints including rabbeting, tongue and groove, dovetail, lock-miter and other glue joints.

		Plastic Cutting Router Bits O-flute and low helix (slow) spirals as well as specialty bits for cutting acrylic, phenolic, fiberglass and other man-made composites. Many of these bits may also work well for non-ferrous soft metals such as aluminum, copper, etc.

		Profiling Router Bits A wide variety of router bits for outer edge shaping, moldings, picture frames, etc. These bits typically include a bearing and are not suitable for plunging directly into the surface of a panel.

		Solid Surface Router Bits Trimming, beveling and specialty bits designed specifically for solid surface.

		Spiral Flute Router Bits Flat bottom upcut, downcut and compression spirals with 1 to 4 flutes for roughing, finishing, chipbreaking and general purpose. For low-helix (slow) spirals see Plastic Cutting Router Bits.

		Straight Flute Router Bits Carbide tipped, carbide insert, solid carbide and diamond tipped bits in all sizes.

		Trimming & Beveling Router Bits Router bits for flush trimming and back-beveling laminates and other post-bonded materials. See Profiling Router Bits for larger edge chamfer bits.