Router Bits

You can do a lot with the right router bits.  Whether it's straight router bits, beading router bits, or any other type of router bits, you only need a good router and the proper router bits and you can accomplish a variety of beautiful woodworking details easily.

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  Amana Miniature Bearing Router Bits

  Amana’s Miniature Bearing Router Bits give you all the carbide-tipped cutting of their larger brethren, but in a size perfect for smaller, more delicate projects.

  
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  Freud Premium Rail and Stile Bit Set for Kitchen Cabinet Door Routing

  Freud’s Premium Rail and Stile Bit Set comes equipped with bits to make kitchen cabinetry panel routing easy, with optional glass and double-sided cutters.

  
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  What is The Difference in Use of Small- and Large-Diameter Pattern Router Bits

  Pattern routing bits come in several different sizes for mostly the same jobs, our expert explains how to tell when to use different sized bits.

  
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  What Safety Measures Are Companies Like Freud Taking for Kickback on Small-Sized Router Bits

  Usually only larger router bits feature anti-kickback measures, but kickback is possible for small bits as well, and companies like Freud are applying it to bits as small as they can.

  
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  How Do You Prevent Your Router From Causing Tearout?

  Even with a solid set-up on your router table, using the wrong bits for a project can lead to unwanted tearout in the grain of your wood.

  
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  Routing the Basic Rule Joint for Furniture Hinges with Roundover and Cove Bits

  Rule joints make handy and attractive hinge options for furniture with drop-leaves or extensions, and cutting them is actually deceptively simple.

  
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  Specialized Router Bits: The Top Ten Unusual Bit Sets for Project Joinery

  Standard router bits will allow you to cut just about any type of joinery, but for the best results, there are ten bits you might not even know exist.

  
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  Specialized Router Bits: Edge-banding Bits Cut Plywood Veneers with V-Groove Joinery

  For secure plywood edging, v-groove joinery cut with edge-banding bits make for easy fitting that can be installed and trimmed without fear.

  
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  Identifying Router Bits for Use on a Plunge or Fix-Base Router

  Router expert Bill Hylton weighs in on the differences between bits designed for plunge and fixed-base routers and how to identify them.

  
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  Specialized Router Bits: Bird’s-Mouth Multi-angle Bits for Easy Bird House Building

  Bird’s mouth bits give extra control for cutting joinery with multiple angles and creating projects like birdhouses with more than four sides.

  
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  Specialized Router Bits: Reversible Drawer Lock Glue Joint Bit Offers Easier Front-Edge Joinery

  While drawer lock and glue joint bits have been around for some time, this small bit offers added functionality, especially working thin stock.

  
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  Specialized Router Bits: Lonnie Bird Tambour Door Bit Set Cut Tambours Efficiently

  Lonnie Bird Tambour Door Bits are highly specialized, but they are extremely proficient in cutting tamboured slats and the joinery between them.

  
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  Specialized Router Bits: Bead-and-Cove Bits from Canoe Building to Joinery

  While these bits got their start in boat building, bead and cove bits have come into their own as cutters for joining up round projects and slats.

  
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  Specialized Router Bits: Box Joint Bits Help Create Box and Drawer Projects

  Box joint bits are designed for quickly producing perfect corner joints for small boxes and drawers, cutting small joints in a single pass.

  
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  Specialized Router Bits: Instile and Rail System Cuts Strong Plywood Panelling Joints

  Making doors conventionally with plywood and standard bits is a hassle, but Instile and Rail bits cut clean, strong grooves in plywood easily.

  
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  Specialized Router Bits: Finger Joint Bits Add Strength to Miter, Plywood and Sheet Good Joinery

  End-to-end end grain joinery is typically very weak, but adding finger joinery to miters, plywood and sheet goods provides significant reinforcement.

  
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  Specialized Router Bits: Window Grill Cutter Sets Make Sash-Bar Joinery Easy

  Window joinery can be tricky and tedious to cut, but a simple router bit set can cut joints with the same strength and look as ones that are hand cut.

  
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  Specialized Router Bits: Screw Slot Bits for Cutting Countersinks and Counter-Bores

  Rather than using a drill press to make inefficient screw slots, screw slot router bits can cut countersinks and counterbores in a quick cut.

  
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  Collecting Router Bits – Where to Start

  There are many different router bits for many jobs in your shop, which can be overwhelming, Rockler suggests some good starter bits.

  
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  Morris Wood Tool Company Forstner Router Bits with Flat No-Spur Boring

  The Morris Wood Tool company introduced a series of no center spur, carbon steel, flat boring router bits through routerbits.com in 2008.