Best Joinery Router Bits
Style: Adjustable Tongue and Groove Router Bit Set, 1/2-Inch Shank. Freud develops different types of carbide for each application to maximize the cutting life and performance of the tool; and Freud also operates one of the most modern product development research centers in Europe. Freud router bits feature TiCo Hi-Density Carbide for maximum cutting life and are individually balanced; providing a cut above the rest. About this Adjustable Tongue and Groove Bit Set Freud's adjustable tongue and groove bit set is ideal for producing perfectly fitted tongue and groove joints. Adjustable at .002 inch increments for stock thickness of 1/2" to 1-1/4" and groove widths of 7/32" to 3/8".
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This cutter is not exactly the profile of the story bought window stools, but close enough, provided you don't cut into the leading edge of the store bought stool."
"I was confused because aligning a straight edge against the cutting edges under a certain angle gives the impression that the teeth edges are not parallel and might slant inward, which might be desirable for flooring parquet where you need a really tight fit, but in fact, careful alignment of the straight edge clears that false impression: the teeth are perfectly aligned vertically, although they do have each a slight slant forward and backward (what Freud describes as "Freud's exclusive design features a tongue cutter with opposing shear angles to ensure a flawless finish") and my next experiment is to use them for edge-joionting."
"In addition, when you want to do the copes, all you have to do is raise the bit in your router table or shaper table to put the cope profile at the right height. The picture that is shown for this bit is actually upside down as it would be deployed in a router or shaper table, the profile at the top of the picture is the stile moulding profile, and the profile shown at the bottom of the bit does the copes in the rails."
"If I didn't want the thin edge to be there I had to raise up the bit, and then my detail was too deep for my liking, so this one is better for me. When you have to drill a hinge cup hole into the back of a door, you don't want it to pierce through the front side of this detail after you are all done with the door. Having the option of keeping the bit a little lower creates more of a safety buffer, and is more attractive to my clients when you view the door from the front."
"Use a backer board on your mitre guide to reduce blowout, and avoid knots and using ply or silica laden woods and it will stay sharp for an age as well. -Nice thick carbide that can be reground again and again (use only the best sharpening services available!)."
"I took a couple of spacers from the groove bit and placed on the tongue bit. I then lowered the tongue bit, and used the top one for the groove."
Features: Adjustable Case Opener - excellent for opening waterproof cases up to 34mm. Spring bar remover for strap adjustment/replacement. Antimagnetic screwdriver for removing battery covers. Antimagnetic stainless steel tweezers for removing and inserting batteries. 6 watch strap spring-pins each of size. Diameter of Peg of Strap Spring Pin: 1. Package included: 1 x Adjustable Case Opener; 18 x Adjustable Case Opener Pins; 1 x Watch Case Opener Knife; 1 x Stainless Steel Tweezer; 1 x Spring Bar Tool; 2 x Spring Bar Tool Spare Tips; 108 x Watch Strap Spring pins; 1 x Hammer; 1 x Link Remover; 3 x Link Remover Spare Pins; 2 x Link Remover Spare Pins (golden) ; 1 x Watch Case Holder (for watch case 10-45mm/0.39-1.77in diameter ) ; 1 x Watch back pry opener (with yellow ergo handle) ; 3 x Precision Anti-magnetic Screwdrivers (1.2mm/0.047in, 1.4mm/0.055in, 1.6mm/0.063in) ; 3 x Pin Punches (0.8mm/0.031in, 0.9mm/0.035in, 1.0mm/0.039in) ; 1 x Carrying Case. Package included: The ohuhu watch repair tool kit case includes: 1 x Adjustable Case Opener; 18 x Adjustable Case Opener Pins; 1 x Watch Case Opener Knife; 1 x Stainless Steel Tweezer; 1 x Spring Bar Tool; 2 x Spring Bar Tool Spare Tips; 108 x Watch Strap Spring pins; 1 x Hammer; 1 x Link Remover; 3 x Link Remover Spare Pins; 2 x Link Remover Spare Pins (golden) ; 1 x Watch Case Holder (for watch case 10-45mm diameter ) ; 1 x Watch back pry opener (with yellow ergo handle) ; 3 x Precision Anti-magnetic Screwdrivers (1.2mm/0.047in, 1.4mm/0.055in, 1.6mm/0.063in) ; 3 x Pin Punches (0.8mm/0.031in, 0.9mm/0.035in, 1.0mm/0.039in) ; 1 x Carrying Case. SELF RELIANCE: Small, clean and functional, this watch repair tool kit helps you get your watch problem done at home instead of going for watch repair shops.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"Now that I have this I can actually save myself a little bit of money here and there and change my own batteries whenever I need 2 and Beauty do so without hurting my watch at all."
"I've honestly don't know what half of the items do, however I used the blue big square a few times already just to remove the links on couple of watches and it works great and easy!"
"This is an awesome product, doesn't come with directions but just go to You Tube and you can watch all kinds of videos."
"I needed it for my wife's Michelle watch because it had a weird back on it and he inside screws we're seriously the smallest things I've ever seen."
"The few tools that I did use worked perfectly and made the removal of watch links much easier."
"After a recent visit to a jeweler that gave us a $50 quote to install a battery, we decided to order a kit to do it ourselves."
"I opened the box, learned the name of all the items included and immediately used the link remover to re-size the bracelet of my Invicta 8932OB that I just bought on Amazon last week."
"I have seen lesser watch repair kits sold by Invicta for close to 3 times the price."
High quality carbide-tipped set includes 4-straight bits (3/16-Inch, 1/4-Inch, 1/2-Inch, 3/4-Inch), 1-round over bit (3/8-Inch), 1-cove bit (1/2-Inch), 1-Roman ogee bit (5/32-Inch), one 45-Degree chamfer bit, 1-flush trim bit (1/2-Inch), 1-rabbeting bit (3/8-Inch), 1-dovetail bit (1/2-Inch by 14-Degree), one V-groove bit (3/8-Inch), 1-hinge mortising bit (1/2-Inch), 1-panel Pilot bit (1/4-Inch), 1-round nose bit (1/4-Inch), 1-Allen wrench and 1-bearing to convert round over bit into beading bit. Perfect, economical, all-purpose starter set for your woodworking hobby.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"The product description says it includes these 4 straight bits, 3/16", 1/4", 1/2", 3/4" ... but it actually includes these, 1/4", 3/8", 1/2", 3/4"."
"If you're starting out and just want some bits to explore with, then this is your set."
"After each use I put them back in the case so they'll remain working as expected."
"The set had exactly the types of bits I would need as a beginner for the type of work I would do at home."
"These are some of the best bits I have seen for this price range and would say if you need some router bits, you should give these a try."
"Seems like a great value."
"I use this with my makita small form portable router and they work great!"
"I've done some edging, relief carving, and planing (with the 1/2" straight bit), and had no trouble with either accuracy or smoothness."
Best Solid Surface Router Bits
Application: Trimming joint between solid surface countertops and solid surface sink bowls with a smooth, rounded edge. Enter your model number to make sure this fits.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"I just put it to its first use on a countertop splice job - along with its mate (Freud 85-300)."
"Cut my boards like a hot knife through butter!"
"The under mount sink I installed was a Karan Edge stainless bowl and I should have purchased a 10 degree bevel bit with a 1/8 inch oversize bearing."
"This is a great router bit."
"Purchased this tool to make recessed cuts in wood for flush mounting of large speakers in cabinets."
"After MANY MANY e-mails with pics, etc to Freud (I feel this is the manufacturers fault), they finally agreed to replace the bit with no mention of paying for my $75 sink."
"bearing came off and gouged my new counter top."
"It's a picture of a "Under Rounding" bit, but Freud 85-382 is a Rounding Over."
Best Router Door & Window Bits
These bits cut smoother than other straight bits because of the precise shear and hook angles. Cuts all composite materials, plywoods, hardwoods, and softwoods.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This 15/32" bit is used to cut perfectly sized dados for 12mm offshore plywood. Using a standard 1/2" bit to route dados for cabinet making etc makes a dado that is way too big, loose and sloppy."
"This is my first high quality "expensive" router bit."
"The cut is just as clean & straight at the tip of the bit as it is at the base of the cutters."
"The trick seems to be to take several small passes on the router table - otherwise the dado gets severely choked up with the wood chips, which can get packed in pretty tightly, and encourage the bit to go off track if you are not guiding it securely...........dont ask how I know this (fortunately a practice cut!)."
"The bit performed flawlessly, giving me very smooth edges on the boards, which were laminated 3/4" cabinet grade plywood (3) with a 3/4" layer of solid red oak. I'm very pleased with the speed and ease that this bit jointed and squared these large pieces. In a split second, that long cutter took a big bite out of the side and then climbed up and out of the cut, twisting me to the left. I've got other projects planned, where I'll be using this bit and router configuration again as a hand held jointer."
"I got tired of installing a dado stack on my table saw, and decided to use my router together with my DeWalt Track Saw track (and the DeWalt router accessory) to make 1/4", 1/2", 5/8", and 3/4" dados."
"I've used them for a long time and they consistently out preform any of those cheap bits found on the market."
Best Edge Treatment & Grooving Router Bits
Step two: Choose another die smaller than the rear cover, install on the bottom of press machine. Comes with 12 assorted dies: 24, 26, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 38, 40 & 42.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"For people with a number of electronic watches and don't want the expense and hassle of paying a repair shop, (my wife and I have something like 20), this press is indispensable for properly aligning and re-seating backplates after battery replacement."
"Absolutely thrilled with this watch press!"
"It took about all of my weight to get it to work, but the press snapped it back in place with out any damage to the watch."
"One of my watches was a bit challenging and it took several tries with different dies, but eventually I got the back on."
"It has a solid, substantial feel to it and the provide disks work for fairly large diameter watches down to pretty small ones."
"I'd go after them with pliers covered with a towel to keep from scratching the surface, but I knew one day I'd crack the crystal and I'd wind up with a pricey repair bill."
"It's simply a must have tool for replacing watch batteries. You put pressure on the watch crystal in any way and game over."
"No more struggling to get watch backs on."
Best Router Bearings & Bit-Repair Parts
Quickly and easily remove or add links to make your watch or bracelet fit your wrist. * With this small tool, you can get a suitable watch or bracelet without going to a repair store. * Suitable for : Tool adjust bands width up to size 30mm. * Size:(approximately 7.0 x 2.5 x 2.5cm). Turn the side wheel to move the needle and push out the pin Package included: Durable: Sturdy all-metal watch band link remover.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"As I aligned the first of 5 pins I ended up removing, even though the push rod remained level, I could see the tip of the pin wasn't staying level and had a slight "out of round" movement where it would go off axis. I didn't notice it until it neared the tip of the bracelet pin, at which time it became very evident. I thought if I took the time to micro-adjust the bracelet so the tool's pin hit the bracelet's pin, the act of it entering the bracelet's pin hole might keep it on track, however within a millimeter or two of it entering the hole the tool's pin bent, making it unuseable. I also used the tool to finish pushing the pins into place to join the bracelet after inserting them as far as I could by hand."
"Adjustable for height as well is very helpful; the push pin only needs to come out about 1/8 inch and simply pulls out from there. If the pin is stubborn to reinsert and lock, give it a *tiny* push with this tool after making sure the direction and pin orientation is correct."
"It will not remove the pin completely because the tool pin has a shoulder that didn't fit through the pin hole."
"There is a little platform which rotates and raises to bring your band in alignment with the height of the tool's push pin. Hopefully you will have bands that take the guess work out of deciding which way to push the pins based on little arrows."
"This link tool works far better than the plastic versions that are slightly cheaper, for several reasons: 1) The tips (it includes several) are far thicker, closer to the diameter of the pins in watch links. I was initially worried that a metal tool would scratch the bracelet. But the finish on this, which is sort of bead-blasted-ish, combined with whatever metal they used (must be soft) doesn't ever seem to leave a mark of any kind."
Best Straight, Spiral & Trim Bits
Style: Adjustable Tongue and Groove Router Bit Set, 1/2-Inch Shank. Freud develops different types of carbide for each application to maximize the cutting life and performance of the tool; and Freud also operates one of the most modern product development research centers in Europe. Freud router bits feature TiCo Hi-Density Carbide for maximum cutting life and are individually balanced; providing a cut above the rest. About this Adjustable Tongue and Groove Bit Set Freud's adjustable tongue and groove bit set is ideal for producing perfectly fitted tongue and groove joints. Adjustable at .002 inch increments for stock thickness of 1/2" to 1-1/4" and groove widths of 7/32" to 3/8".
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"This cutter is not exactly the profile of the story bought window stools, but close enough, provided you don't cut into the leading edge of the store bought stool."
"I was confused because aligning a straight edge against the cutting edges under a certain angle gives the impression that the teeth edges are not parallel and might slant inward, which might be desirable for flooring parquet where you need a really tight fit, but in fact, careful alignment of the straight edge clears that false impression: the teeth are perfectly aligned vertically, although they do have each a slight slant forward and backward (what Freud describes as "Freud's exclusive design features a tongue cutter with opposing shear angles to ensure a flawless finish") and my next experiment is to use them for edge-joionting."
"In addition, when you want to do the copes, all you have to do is raise the bit in your router table or shaper table to put the cope profile at the right height. The picture that is shown for this bit is actually upside down as it would be deployed in a router or shaper table, the profile at the top of the picture is the stile moulding profile, and the profile shown at the bottom of the bit does the copes in the rails."
"If I didn't want the thin edge to be there I had to raise up the bit, and then my detail was too deep for my liking, so this one is better for me. When you have to drill a hinge cup hole into the back of a door, you don't want it to pierce through the front side of this detail after you are all done with the door. Having the option of keeping the bit a little lower creates more of a safety buffer, and is more attractive to my clients when you view the door from the front."
"Use a backer board on your mitre guide to reduce blowout, and avoid knots and using ply or silica laden woods and it will stay sharp for an age as well. -Nice thick carbide that can be reground again and again (use only the best sharpening services available!)."
"I took a couple of spacers from the groove bit and placed on the tongue bit. I then lowered the tongue bit, and used the top one for the groove."