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Tools: Cove and bead bit selection
By:Jack Sanderson
Date: 9/9/2002, 3:34 pm

I'm about to buy my router bits for my strips.

Can anyone make a recomondation for me? There seems to be two price points

$38-40 a set MCLS, Grizzly C1378-79

$80 a set Grizzly C1378-79Z, Lee Valley

My strategy with tools has always been to buy the best I can afford. Can someone comment on what you get with the higher priced sets. Do they cut better with less tearout and/or hold an edge longer? Like most of us, I suspect that they will used again in a couple of years for another boat but I don't need a real production set up.

Many Thanks

Jack

Messages In This Thread

Tools: Cove and bead bit selection
Jack Sanderson -- 9/9/2002, 3:34 pm
I Went With MCLS
Ken -- 9/9/2002, 9:52 pm
Re: WHAT ABOUT 3/16"
Bert&Sasha -- 9/11/2002, 1:53 am
Re: WHAT ABOUT 3/16"
Rob Macks -- 9/11/2002, 8:29 am
Re: Tools: Cove and bead bit selection
Rob Macks -- 9/9/2002, 6:04 pm
Thanks
Jack Sanderson -- 9/9/2002, 8:26 pm
Re: Thanks
Emmett Bowen -- 9/9/2002, 8:57 pm
Re: Tools: Cove and bead bit selection *Pic*
Kurt Loup, Baton Rouge -- 9/9/2002, 4:07 pm
Re: Tools: Ditto on the Lee Valley!! *NM*
Steve Frederick -- 9/9/2002, 10:10 pm
Re: Tools: Cove and bead bit selection
Emmett Bowen -- 9/9/2002, 3:47 pm
Re: Tools: Cove and bead bit selection
Rehd -- 9/9/2002, 3:46 pm