#Decent value router bits for a rookie

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plush linden
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Looking to make a photo frame for my wife, and hoping to fancy it up a bit. Might as well get some router bits worth keeping for a bit, but not looking to spend a fortune. I'm in Canada if that helps. Thanks a ton!

sinful saddle
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Whiteside is good
Amana is $$ but good
Spetool is new but solid
MLCS and Yonico are inexpensive but ok
(Buying sets is usually a waste of money)

What cuts do you need to make?

fluid coral
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My advice is generally to avoid yellow, blue, or green paint on router bits. Whiteside and Amana are my first choice.

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As mentioned, if they come in a set they're probably bad bits.

plush linden
plush linden
static valve
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That’s a “roundover” bit. Defined by its radius

sinful saddle
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Pics of your design would help. Some cuts really need a router table to be done well/safely

plush linden
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Actually found a scrap piece of baseboard in the garage haha. Something like this honestly

undone pasture
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That's an ogee

plush linden
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Is that the name of the cut?

static valve
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of the profile, kind of the cut

plush linden
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Ahhhh gotcha

undone pasture
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I think that's a double roman ogee

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I get them all mixed up

static valve
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yea, ogee is kind of a categroy more than a precise profile

plush linden
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Ah coolio. I wasn't sure if it was a combination of bits, or if they make an all in one, not even that precise type but something close

fluid coral
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That's a 'cove and bead'

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A ogee is the reverse of a cyma; both are sigmoid curves

plush linden
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Oh wow, this is way deeper than I thought haha. Trying to soak it in :P

fluid coral
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Cove & bead is two non-continuous curves with a filet

undone pasture
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Understood, but the cove and bead router bits are sold as double or roman ogees

fluid coral
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That's Infinity being dumb and lumping them in a set

static valve
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"ogee" for a lot of manufactures just captures everything with a 2nd curve of any kind

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because words are hard and people are dumb

plush linden
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I am proof of both those sentiments

undone pasture
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between those two, you should find what you need

plush linden
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So that extra groove on the thickest part, is that part of the bit or is that just a separate small bit?

static valve
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it's kind of a trick question

plush linden
static valve
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your exact example wasn't made by a router at all

plush linden
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Ahhhh haha fair enough

static valve
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but you can get a similar profile with a router

plush linden
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Yeah that's mainly the plan. Going with what I have haha

undone pasture
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If you want someone to talk you into buying a shaper, DM me