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Router Bit Profiles
See molding router bits.
Router bits used to cut channels for pipes or cables.
A decorative profile. This bit is often used with a tongue-and- groove joint to hide a gap between boards.
See Chamfer Router Bits.
These bits are used for routing solid wood serving trays or flat dishes.
These bits are used to carve a rounded edge, often used for the front edge on a counter top.
Router bits that cut an angle, usually 45 degrees. Read more about Chamfer Bits
Cutting and abrasive implements at the end of a CNC router spindle that gouge out wood to create architectural detail, refine forms or establish features. CNC carving bits therefore include roughing and shaping bits, the actual carving bits that make shapes and forms, and detailing bits that finesse the texture. Bits are V-shaped, ballnose, endmills, PCB end mills, and PCB drill bits.
Router bits used to cut a conical hole into a manufactured object. Read more about Countersink Bits
Core box bits are used to cut half-round grooves for fluted moldings, columns, millwork, and signs. When used with an edge guide, this bit will also cuts coves.
These router bits are used for creating round corners on your woodwork. Used mainly for furniture pieces.
A trim unit on which one edge has a curved radius. Coves are used to bridge the gap between the bottom of the wall and the floor. A cove may also be used to form an inside corner.
Router bits used to shape pull handles on the fronts of drawers and cabinet doors.
Router bits designed to make and shape entry doors, cabinet doors & glass doors as well as creating the woodwork surrounding the door.
These bits are used to carve the tenons and mortises of the dovetail joint. Read more about different types of Dovetail Joints
These bits are used to carve drawer pull handles on the front of drawers as well as cabinet doors.
Fluting bits carve the fluted molding designs into the molding.
Produce crisp, clean cuts in wood to create detailed patterns, words, seals etc.
See Cove Router Bits.
The keyhole router bit is used to cut keyhole shaped slots into plaques, picture frames and other hanging woodworks.
This special series of plunging straight bits is for reverse-rotation (counter-clockwise) routers.
Letter making bits are used to create letters for professional signs.
Metric Straight Plunge Router Bits for Undersized Plywood
Metric diameter router bits. Cut dados and grooves dimensioned perfectly for plywood, flakeboard and other sheet material for which standard size bits are too large.
These bits are used to create decorative moldings and trim.
Mortise bits are used to carve square shaped slots. Typically used for hinges, lock sets and cutting mortises.
The multi-form router bit is designed to cut a variety of molding patterns, profiles and architectural details.
Ogee bits are used to carve an S-shaped curve in moldings and decorative designs. It has a convex at the top which smoothly blends into a concave at the bottom. Read more about Ogee Router bits
Opposite-Shear Staggered Tooth CNC Router Bits
A stagger tooth bit has two cutting edges. The "opposite-shear" configuration features a down-shear edge and an up-shear edge. On a through-cut, it shears down on both surfaces at the same time.
A plunging version of Roundover router bits or corner round bits.
This bit is used to create openings in panels, windows, drywall, and doors. Often used to trim materials such as mica, veneer and other laminates.
Plastic Cutting Single & Double 'O' Flute Carbide Tipped Router Bits
For fast cutting in harder more abrasive plastics such as phenolic resin, acrylic, Corian, Poly (methyl methacrylate) (PMMA), Acrylic Stone, Coroplast®, etc.
Plunge router bits are perfect for plunging cuts. Cut dados and grooves.
Plunge routers and bits are perfect for deep surface cuts. Ideal for freehand lettering and inlay work.
Production plunge bits are specifically designed for high production operations, where long tool life is the primary concern.
Excellent for cutting composition board and melamine. These bits cut with a shearing action, slicing very slightly downward to prevent chipping and tearing of the surface veneer or coating.
Tools that creat profiles in softwood, hardwood and man-made boards. This may include chamfer, corner rouding, beading bullnose, roundover and cove & bead router bits.
Synonym for Rabbeting Router Bits.
Reed edge bits produce a thumbnail flanked by full beads, and elegant edge profile.
Round over bits are used to create rounded edges on tables, chairs, cabinets and other furniture and home fixtures.
Screw slots prevent the wood from splitting and the screw from failing when securing large panels.
Solid Carbide Spiral Flute Plunge
Used for carving, decorative doors and sign manufacturing. It leaves an excellent finish and expels chips quickly.
Slow Spiral Finisher Solid Carbide Router Bits
Specially designed to provide an excellent finish in hardwoods, solid surface and hard plastics.
Straight Plunge CNC Router Bits
Straight plunge bits are used for routing straight grooves, rabbets, dados, joints, mortises, trimming material or making a general cut.
Straight Plunge Open Flute CNC Router Bits
Open-flute design promotes rapid chip clearance, necessary for high feed rates when routing straight grooves, rabbets, dados, joints, mortises, trimming material or making a general cut.
Stagger Tooth Plunge Cutting Carbide Tipped Router Bits
Two cutting edges spaced 180 degrees apart, each half the length of its flute. One extends from the tip to the middle to end. The configuration combines the cutting speed and chip clearance of a single-flute bit with the finish of a double flute bit. Excellent for dense or abrasive man-made materials and panel goods.
Solid Carbide Straight Plunge CNC Router Bits
For high volume, high speed cutting in dense natural woods and abrasive wood composites, use solid carbide bits when routing straight grooves, rabbets, dados, joints, mortises, trimming material or making a general cut.
Spoilboard Insert CNC Router Bits
Insert spoilboard router bits, great for planing and rabbeting surface areas in MDF, Balsa Core, hardwood, softwood and all man-made materials. For more on spoilboard bits, see our buying guide article.
Straight plunge bits are used for routing straight grooves, rabbets, dados, joints, mortises, trimming material or making a general cut.
Designed for beveling or V-grooving 90°. ZrN coated for prolonged cutting edge life.
Cut decorative V-grooves and lettering on signs with these V-groove router bits. They can also be used for miter folds. Learn more in our article, "Degrees of a V-Groove".
V Paneling bits are used to create V groove paneling, by cutting 2 separate pieces of wood that form a V design when joined together.
These bits are used for shaping the edges of window frames and ledges.
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Specialty Router Bits
These routers are designed to cut abrasive materials such as tile and fiberglass. Sometimes configured in diamond pattern.
Cutting implements that are designed specifically to work with acrylic. Although acrylic is softer than the bits, the former is more than likely to dull the tool steel.
Aluminum router bits are used for cutting aluminum, brass, copper and other nonferrous metals.
Router bit used for decorative purposes. This bit cuts quarter-round shapes bounded by fillets. It creates a bead like contour in the wood piece.
A cutting tool that makes clean, circular or cylindrical cut-outs or holes in wood or other materials.
Carving, 3D Tapered Ball Nose (Conical Ball), ZrN Coated Router Bits
Solid carbide. Specially designed for CNC 3D profiling and carving in plastic, aluminum & wood with machines such as "i-Carver", CNC Shark®, ShopBot® and CarveWright™.
Originally, chair rails were intended to prevent walls from being dented by the backs of chairs. Chair rails are usually measured to equal the height of the tallest chair in the room.
Chamfer Edge Aluminum Cutting End Mill Router Bits
Designed to route a finished appearance into aluminum, brass, copper & non-ferrous metals in one pass, these Amana Tool end mills utilize the ‘O’ flute up-cut design for a super-clean finish.
Automated cutting implements that gouge out wood to make patterns, shapes, letters, reliefs, joints, or holes
Designed to work with CNC machines. Industrial quality CNC router bits provide superior, smooth-quality cuts every time.
Composite Cutting Solid Carbide End Mill Point Diamond Pattern Router Bits
This bit is designed especially for cutting fiverglass, fiberglass PCB Board, composites, phenolic and other highly abrasive materials. Works well on epoxies made with carbon, glass and composite materials. The up-cut/down-cut diamond pattern cutting edges effectively grinds through the material evenly in all direcitons.
Composite Solid Carbide Cutting End Mill Point Roughing Spiral Router Bits
Special grade solid carbide bits feature unique grinding and multi spiral flute design. Suitable for 'roughing' cuts in hard and abrasive composite materials such as: carbon fiber, Trespa® fiberglass, etc. Special grade cabide for maximum durability.
These router bits are used when working with veneer, melamine or a similar materials. Using double spirals ensures that both top and bottom edges of the material are properly cut and pulled towards the center.
Drilling or boring tools that eject chips in opposite directions so both top and bottom edges of the material (like laminated plywood) have smooth texture and clean appearance.
Produce crown, cove and bead molding profiles for architectural and furniture applications. Available in reversible and horizontal styles.
Diamond Tools contain polycrystalline diamond, which make these bits among the hardest and most durable of all tool materials. These bits have a layer of diamond particles bonded to a tungsten carbide support.
These are diamond-tipped cutting and engraving implements that work with the router spindle turned off. Instead, the spring-loaded head applies constant pressure on the diamond tip that the router spindle drags across the surface (so that the pressure on the hard material creates an impression on the surface). This bit is used to create precise and permanent lines. Signatures, company logos, artwork, serial numbers or decorative detail on glass, mirrors, granite tiles, plaques, trophies or even unto products can be engraved using this bit.
Diamond Grit Spiral with Electro-Plated Diamonds
These tools offer outstanding finishes in the most abrasive of glass fiber or Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) applications. Combining a down-cut spiral with ultra-abrasion resistant embedded diamonds. Excellent for superb top finishes and outstanding performance.
Diamond particles are embedded into nickel plating which offers outstanding finishes in the most abrasive of glass fiber or Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer (CFRP) applications. Combining a down-cut spiral with ultra-abrasion resistant embedded diamonds, expect superb top finishes and a secure work-piece which when combined, give outstanding performance.
These bits are used to make and shape doors.
These bits create two bead shaped contours in the wood piece. Often used on the edges of shelving or narrow molding strips.
Double Edge Folding AlTiN Coated V-Groove Router Bits for Shaping Steel Composite Materials (SCM)
AlTiN coated, designed for shaping Steel Composite Materials (SCM) with 90°, 108° angle V-Grooves with flat bottom. Special Amana-grade carbide provides much longer tool life especially compared to carbide tipped tooling.
Double Edge Folding Insert Carbide V-Groove Router Bits for Shaping Composite Material Panels
Insert Carbide, designed for shaping Composite Material Panels with 90°, 110°, 130° angle V-Grooves with flat bottom. Special Amana-grade carbide provides much longer tool life especially compared to carbide tipped tooling.
Double Edge Folding 'V' Groove Router Bits for Shaping Aluminum Composite Materials (ACM)
Designed for cutting aluminum/plastic sandwich materials like Alucobond®, Dibond®, phenolics, natural woods, wood composites, plastics & acrylics with a 90° angle and flat bottom.
Double Edge Folding Zrn Coated V-Groove Router Bits for Shaping Aluminum Composite Materials (ACM)
ZrN coated, designed for shaping Aluminum Composite Materials (ACM) with 90°, 108°, and 135° angle V-Grooves with flat bottom. Special Amana-grade carbide provides much longer tool life especially compared to carbide tipped tooling.
Drilling implements that make dadoes (square-shaped mortises) while pushing down the chips downward; hence, leaving a rough bottom edge while making a smooth top edge. Up-cut bits are similar but achieve the opposite effect. Read more about about Down-Cut Bits here.
Edge bits are used to detail the edges of your woodworking piece. Used to soften the corners of tables, cabinets and more.
End Mill High Performance Fiberglass and Composite Cutting Router Bits
A combination 2 flute end mill/diamond-cut router bit for improved facing finishes on fiberglass and composites. AlTiN coated for longer tool life.
Tools used for engraving. Examples include standard conical, micro profilers, tough tip for stainless steel, conical ballnose, engraving chamfer drill, cutter bevellers, quarter round tools, parallel ball nose, pyramid, diamond tip, 2D Data Matrix UID, and carbide point tool bits
E-Z Dial™ Slot Cutter Router Bits
The E-Z Dial is an adjustable slot cutter without shims, spacers and the need to disassemble the bit. Adjusts in just seconds and is accurate to .004". Cutting precise grooves has never been easier.
Fast-spinning spiral drilling or boring tools that allow deep drilling while clearing holes easily.
These router bits are designed to trim laminated fiberglass boards.
Create custom tongue and groove hardwood flooring and inlays, produce floorboards with nail slots using innovative two-piece carbide-tipped router bit sets.
Flush trim bits are used to carve templates, patterns, joints, and internal cuts.
Solid carbide, up-cut router bits specifically designed for milling Polyurethane Foam and Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) to ensure your foam projects are milled with accuracy and detail.
See molding router bits.
These bits are for detailing handrails.
High Performance Solid Carbide AlTiN Coated 135° Drill Point for Fiberglass and Composite Materials
A combination drill/diamond-cut router bit for clean vertical feed with a minimum of workpiece deflection. AlTiN coating provides double hardness of cutting edges resulting in quantum increases in productivity.
High Performance Solid Carbide AlTiN Coated Burr End for Fiberglass and Composite Materials
Multi-fluted end face for finesse in the grinding process. AlTiN coating provides double hardness of cutting edges resulting in quantum increases in productivity.
High Performance Solid Carbide 90° 'V' Spiral AlTiN Coated CNC Drills
Steel and stainless steel cutting router bits/end mills. A true multi-function tool, combination drill/mills allow plunging, slotting and/or top chamfering all in one tool, saving you the cost of extra tools, plus indexing time.
Insert engraving system engineered to quickly interchange insert carbide knives while mounted in CNC machines to maintain excellent cutting accuracy.
Insert Carbide Stile & Rail Router Bit Sets
Designed for the user to build cabinet doors and all varieties of frame-and-panel assemblies for furniture and architectural applications. One bit for cutting the rails and one for cutting the stiles. Solid carbide insert knives can be replaced when knife becomes dull.
Insert Carbide Straight Router Bits
Designed for fast and direct penetration into the material and quick removal of wood, MDF, melamine and man-made material.
A system of using bits that are ‘inserted’ into the work head instead of being permanently welded to it. When bits have worn down, they can easily be removed from the groove of the work head and replaced with newer ones, instead of taking out the entire assembly.
Intermediate Stackable Cutters
Cutters used to expand on adjustable groovers. Enable woodworkers to sandwich one or more cutters between a pair of the groovers.
Bits used to carve the connecting, puzzle-like, pieces of the joint-making process.
Master CNC Router Bit Collection
58 pieces of the most versatile CNC, industrial quality, high performance solid carbide, carbide tipped and solid carbide insert router bits, excellent for today’s challenging materials industries in woodworking, aluminum, plastic, foam, composite materials and more.
Router bits that are capable of properly cutting and carving MDF wood boards.
Medium Burr with End Mill Point for Fiberglass and Composite Materials
Fiberglass Router (FGR) burrs incorporate reciprocating diamond-fluted geometry, strong negative rake angles and generous fluting to provide the best cutting action in a wide variety of woven resin bond fiberglass and composite materials.
Medium Burr with 135° Drill Point for Fiberglass and Composite Materials
Combining the proven performance of a diamond-cut geometry with the capacity to plunge while leaving a minimum of top-side burr. 135° drill point minimizes part deflection on thin or otherwise unsupported workpieces.
Mini End Mill Solid Carbide Steel, Stainless Steel & Composite Cutting AlTiN Coated CNC Router Bits
High performance, AlTiN coated. Micro machining applications involve miniature tooling that requires very high attention to tolerances and detail in their construction. These end mills incorporate 30 degree helixes and AlTiN coating to insure a high degree of precision.
Miniature bits are used for a variety of small scale woodworking pieces.
Outstanding tools for peripheral milling, lasting longer than standard end mills because they dampen vibration which tends to break a sharp cutting edge down very quickly.
Patternmaking 3°, 5° & 7° Carbide Tipped Router Bits
These slightly tapered bit is specifically designed for wood patternmaking, especially wood vacuum-forming molds where draft is required for releasing the plastic from the mold.
Plain End High Performance Solid Carbide Fiberglass and Composite Cutting Router Bits
The end of this tool has a flat surface to preserve finishes on the perpendicular face. AlTiN coating provides double the hardness of cutting edges resulting in quantum increases in productivity.
O-flute and low-helix drilling or engraving instruments that have been designed to work well on acrylic, phenolic, polycarbonate and polypropylene materials and composites. The bits eject plastic chips on both ends (up-cut and down-cut simultaneously).
Plastic Spiral 'O' flute bits are designed to produce smooth cuts in acrylic materials, plastics and wood.
Plywood router bits are specially designed for cutting plywood.
Point Center Drill Solid Carbide 118° High Performance 60° Countersink Router Bits
60° inclusive countersinks drill downards a small amount in order to make a quality starting hole and a profile. Follow up with a secondary drill for the full depth of cut of the workpiece.
Cutting tools that are made for soft plastics like polystyrene. Soft materials tend to dull sharp bits over time.
Radius Edge Aluminum Cutting End Mill
Designed to route a finished appearance into aluminum, brass, copper & non-ferrous metals in one pass, these Amana Tool end mills utilize the ‘O’ flute up-cut design for a super-clean finish.
See Stile and Rail Router Bits.
These bits are used with the stile and rail bits to create a profiled edges on door panels. Raised panel bits are available for both horizontal and vertical profiles.
Router Bits used for metal cutting.
Bits used for cutting plastic.
A general term used to refer to router bits that make rabbets, profiles, joints and grooves.
Signmaking bits are used to make professional signs in conjunction with letter making router bits. See our article, "Top 5 Items for CNC Sign Making".
Slot cutting bits are used to cut slots into the wood.
Solid carbide router bits are ground from micro grain carbide on precision CNC machines. There are various standards of carbide in different hardnesses used for specific materials.
Solid Carbide Plastic Cutting 'O' Flute CNC Router Bits
Solid carbide router bits with unique circular 'O' flute design to eject chips more easily. Excellent for cutting soft plastics such as PVC, styrene, ABS, etc.
Solid Carbide Spiral Flute Roughing with Chipbreaker
These rotuer bits have a small chipbreaker therefore the quality of cut will improve. They will leave a small striated finish.
Signmaking bits are used to make professional signs in conjunction with letter making router bits.
8-Pc. Specialty Solid Carbide Aluminum, Plastics & Stainless Steel Cutting CNC Router Bit Collection
8-Pc. Solid Carbide Specialty Aluminum, Plastics & Stainless Steel Cutting CNC Router Bit Collection designed specifically for 2D/3D, signmaking, lettering and engraving.
Specially designed for working in Metal working Steel Cold roll, soft steels, gummy stainless 303, Tool steels, exotics like titanium, inconel, 17-4PH stainless etc. Entire gambit of "steel".
8-Pc. Specialty Solid Carbide Stainless Steel, Steel & Composite Cutting CNC Spiral Router Bit Collection, perfect for the signmaking industry. The special carbide grade combined with the AlTiN coating gives amazing performance while the unique corner chamfer gives the bits great strenght.
Steel, Stainless Steel & Composite Cutting CNC Router Bits/End Mills
Manufactured from our exclusive ultra-fine micrograin carbide, these bits feature a 30 degree Center Cutting Mill End and Aluminum Titanium Nitride (AlTiN) coating for superior cut quality.
Stainless Steel Cutting Multi Helix CNC Router Bits
Unique variable design for faster speeds and feeds provides quiet operation & better finish. The multiple helix eliminates harmonic chatter, critical when surface finishes, part dimension tolerances & tool life are of utmost importance.
Solid Carbide Spiral CNC Router Bits for Composite Materials
Special grade solid carbide bits feature unique grinding and multi spiral flute design. Suitable for ‘roughing’ cuts in hard and abrasive composite materials such as: carbon fiber, Trespa®, fiberglass, etc.
Solid Carbide Cast Iron, Aluminum and Titanium Cutting Router Bits
Router bits designed for milling stainless steel, titanium, cast iron, steel, cermet, aluminum, brass and copper.
Solid Carbide Compression Spiral Flute CNC Router Bits for MDF and Laminate
Designed for CNC applications requiring high feed rates and a clean finish. Particularly suitable for double-sided melamine or laminated material.
Solid Carbide Compression Spiral Flute CNC Router Bits for Mortising Work
Designed for CNC applications requiring high feed rates and a clean finish. These tools have a much shorter up-cut section than the standard compression tools. Ideal for mortising, grooving and dado.
Solid Carbide Compression Spiral Flute CNC Router Bits for Solid Wood
Specially designed for working in hard solid wood. Slow helic, special grinding angle, improved body shape in order to support the high feed rate, quick direction changes and deep penetration.
Solid Carbide Carbon Graphite and Carbon Fiber Panel Cutting Router Bits
Designed to produce a minimum failure in composite materials such as layers separating and a significant loss of mechanical toughness, combatting abrasion, heat and the breakdown of composites for clean, accurate cuts.
Solid Carbide Composite, Fiberglass & Phenolic Cutting CNC Router Bits
Specially designed for working in hard solid wood. Slow helic, special grinding angle, improved body shape in order to support the high feed rate, quick direction changes and deep penetration.
Solid Carbide V Groove CNC Router Bits
For fine-line “engraving” in wood and composite materials, use either of these compact bits. Two-flute configuration and modest length (which minimizes vibration) combine to produce crisp, clean cuts.
Solid Carbide Fiberglass Abrasive Type Plunge Diamond Pattern CNC Router Bits
Polycrystalline router bits are especially suitable for cutting fiberglass, tile and other highly-abrasive materials. Diamond pattern cutting edges abrades (grinds) material rather than cutting like conventional router bits. Diamond Tipped Polycrystalline (PCD). Cuts evenly in all directions.
These bits are designed to rout solid surfaces used to make: counter tops, floor tiles, bathroom sinks, toilets, bathtubs, showers, vanity tops etc...
Spiral bits are designed like a drill and are used to make deep cuts to the surface of your wood piece.
These bits are used for constructing panels and frames. Often used for making cabinet frames and passage doors, stile and rail bits also carve decorative profiles and panel slots into the edge of a door frame. The stile and rail bits come as a set of 2, or as a single bit.
These bits are used to cut the top level of a structure.
A patented 3-pc. router bit system designed to construct beautiful tambours without glue, wire or cloth. Produces a flexible tambour that's perfect for creating your own roll top desk, breadbox or kitchen countertop storage area.
Template bits are designed to make routing along with a woodworking template easy.
These joinery bits are used to create the tongue and groove joint.
Trim Solid Carbide Router Bits
These bits cut precise, line designs on wooden and laminate-covered surfaces.
Bits made with tungsten carbide tips used to make details on doors, panels and window panels.
Undersized Plywood Dado CNC Router Bits
Cut dadoes and grooves dimensioned perfectly for plywood, flakeboard and other sheet material for which standard size bits are too large.
These bits are used to carve decorative designs in your wainscot wall panels.
Window sash bits are designed to cut sash window frames and glass door parts. This includes: rails, stiles, mullions and muntins.
Router bits used for cutting, carving and shaping pieces of wood.
CNC Router Bits for Woodworking.
Woodworking bits are used to shape, trim and cut woodworks such as furniture
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CNC Router Bits
Our 4 facet jobber length fractional drills consist of 2 cutting edges with 2 facets per cutting edge. The facets consist of the lip relief and the lip clearance angle.
90° Countersink 5 Flute CNC Router Bit for Composite Materials
Solid carbide brazed to steel shank countersink router bit, designed for making countersinks in composite materials. Offers long-lasting durability.
Adjustable Insert Carbide Mission Tongue & Groove CNC Router Bit Sets
Designed to cut precise grooves to provide undersized plywood veneered panels with a snug, rattle-free fit. Adjust the panel groove width from 5.4mm to 6.6mm using the adjustment knob, no shims necessary! Solid carbide insert knives can be replaced when knife becomes dull.
Automated shaping tools that create bead (a roundover cut with stepped edges) or flute patterns (multiple beads). These bits are also employed in lettering, trimming and fluting.
CNC Insert Carbide Adjustable Chamfer Router Bits
Excellent for producing chamfer cuts at various angles in softwood, hardwood and man-made boards. Cutting angle can be adjusted in 7.5° steps by using a notched scale.
CNC Insert Carbide Engraving System Sets
8-piece insert carbide sets that can be quickly be interchanged while the tool body remains in the CNC machine. Knives are ideal for cutting laminated materials, veneers, MDF, plastics, wood, solid surface, chipboard, PCB boards, carbon fiber and more.
CNC Insert Carbide MDF Cabinet Doors
This series of profiles utilizing the patented Nova™ tool body system of interchangeable solid carbide insert knives are designed to give the appearance of a raised panel door in MDF or solid panels. One pass is all that is needed for a simple raised panel look using one of the “Plunge Form” profiles. Solid carbide insert knives can be replaced when knife becomes dull.
CNC Insert Carbide Multi Profile Router Bits
Interchangeable solid carbide insert CNC router bits for producing MDF Cabinet Doors, Viola Style. Solid carbide insert knives can be replaced when knife becomes dull.
CNC Insert Carbide Rough Rabbeting & Sizing Bits
Insert straight router bit with multiple cutting flutes. Suitable for rough rabbeting and sizing in softwood, hardwood and man-made boards (with or without coating). Multiple cutting flutes ensure fine chips are produced for improved waste extraction. Solid carbide insert knives can be replaced when knife becomes dull.
CNC Insert Carbide Straight Rabbeting Router Bits
Insert rabbeting router bits complete with two cutting flutes and scorer. Suitable for trimming and rabbeting in softwood, hardwood and man-made boards. Scorer will give an improved finish at the bottom of the cut.
CNC Insert Carbide Super Plunge Router Bits
Designed for fast and direct penetration into the material and quick removal of wood, MDF, melamine and man-made material.
CNC Insert Carbide Up & Down Shear Router Bits
Shear flutes squeeze the material into the middle to give an extra fine finish on both surfaces of laminated and veneered board. Replaceable inserts ensure a constant cutting diameter and finish quality. Center tip for improved boring.
Computer-aided or controlled machines that carve out designs or patterns unto hard surfaces according to commands uploaded unto the control panel or CNC terminal. Industrial CNC routers are employed on large-scale production of doors, panels, furniture, and cabinet pieces, among others.
The cutting implement at the end of the spindle on a CNC router. They can be made to cut aluminum, brass, copper, and other non-ferrous metals, wood, tiles and fiberglass.
Router bits made to cut wood often have steel bodies and carbide tips (made from tungsten or titanium combined with carbon). Because router bits can be practically fashioned to serve whatever purpose there is, the types of router bits can be quite varied.
CNC Spiral for Glass Reinforced Plastic Solid Carbide ZrN Coated Router Bits
An extremely free-cutting multi-edge tool that shears the material without shredding or importing unnecessary heat. Adding a ZrN coating increases the edge hardness by nearly 50%, greatly increasing the life of the cutting edge.
A system utilized to machine individual parts that are held by a gasketed vacuum system.
The process which removes the tough outer layer (sealant) of engineered medium density fiberboard (the ‘spoilboard’) using a Computer Numerical Controlled-machine to make sure that the entire surface is flat and accurately aligned with the X and Y axes (the width and the length, respectively).
CNC Spoilboard Surfacing Bits and Mini Surfacing Bits
Roughing and polishing tool that smoothes out surfaces so they are exactly aligned with X and Y axes.
Bits that have narrower heads than bodies. These are typically used in boring, drilling, carving or letter-making.
CNC Compression Honeycomb Cutting Solid Carbide Router Bits
Compression router bits provide a burr-free top and bottom finish, providing that the workpiece is thicker than 0.250".
Angled or spiral engraving implements that are used in a variety of media (like plastic, brass, aluminum or copper). Because of their shape, conical CNC bits are also used in making angled cuts on edges.
Face Milling Non-Ferrous CNC Router Bit
The replaceable tips end mill/router bit tool body made from alloy steel with 4 solid carbide cutting inserts for maximum feed and stability, specially made for CNC and milling machines.
Cut joints for staved assemblies, such as circular planters, canoes, kayaks and hot tubs, with flute and bead router bits. One bit flutes an edge, and the other forms the mating bead.
Also known as a surfacing router bit, these router bits are designed for planing and rabbeting large surface areas in MDF, Balsa Core, hardwood, softwood and all man-made materials.
Foam Cutting Extended Reach HSS TiN Coated Ball End & Square End Spiral Router Bits
Titanium Nitride (TiN) coated CNC foam tools let you achieve depth and precision for thick foam carving applications. Ensure your foam projects are milled with accuracy and high detail. TiN coating increases strength and durability.
Sawing, cutting, drilling, boring and engraving implements that are specifically made for granite (like kitchen countertops, tiles in kitchens and baths, decorative designs on monuments and memorials).
Ideal for routing grooves in solid wood, MDF and more.
Honeycomb Cutting Solid Carbide Hogger CNC Router Bits
Designed to cut a large variety of honeycomb materials, hogger geometry is excellent for shredding and chip evacuation while maintaining a smooth surface.
Large Radius Ovolo (Cove) CNC Router Bits
Extra-large bits for making extra-large coves on your CNC machine. Perfect for creating beautiful coves for furniture or architectual crown moldings.
The lock miter is an interlocking edge-to-edge joint, typically used at the corners of casework.
Mini Ball End Solid Carbide Steel, Stainless Steel & Composite Cutting AlTiN Coated CNC Router Bits
High performance, AlTiN coated. Micro machining applications involve miniature tooling that requires very high attention to tolerances and detail in their construction. These ball end incorporate 30 degree helixes and AlTiN coating to insure a high degree of precision.
Nova CNC Grooving & Profiling Router Bits ***
This series of profiles utilizing the patented Nova™ tool body system of interchangeable solid carbide insert knives are designed to give the appearance of a raised panel door in MDF or solid panels. One pass is all that is needed for a simple raised panel look using one of the “Plunge Form” profiles. Solid carbide insert knives can be replaced when knife becomes dull.
PCB CNC Bits ****
CNC carving bits that drill and mill out printed circuit board patterns.
Plastic Trim Saw Blade and Arbor System
This plastic trim saw blade and arbor system is designed for trimming and grooving hard and soft plastics. 100% flash mounting.
Soft Aluminum Cutting CNC Router Bits
Solid carbide single flute aluminum router bits ZrN coated, especailly designed to cut soft grades of aluminum sheet, 3003 grade to achieve a satisfactory finished edge. Also good for cutting brass, bronze, copper, gold and silver.
Solid Carbide Plastic Cutting CNC Insert System
A CNC insert knife system designed to cut and chamfer the top and bottoms of Plexiglass® or syrene sheets in one action.
Spektra™ Extreme Life Coated Router Bits
Solid Carbide Spektra™ Extreme Tool Life Coated Router Bits utilize a special unique carbide with nACo® nanocomposite coating for longer lifetime in today's modern materials. The nACo micro-thin ceramic coating provides extreme nanohardness and heat resistance to the router bit. With a brilliant distinctively-tinted coloring nACo provides additional improvements in four critical aspects of router tooling.
Spektra™ Extreme Tool Life Coated Solid Carbide Compression Spiral Router Bits for MDF/Laminate
Spektra™ Extreme Tool Life Coated Router Bits for MDF/Laminate with special unique carbide with Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) coating for longer lifetime in abrasive material. Designed for CNC applications requiring high feed rates and a clean finish.
Spektra™ Extreme Tool Life Coated Solid Carbide Spiral 'O' Flute, Plastic Cutting Up-Cut Router Bits
Spektra™ Extreme Tool Life Coated Router Bits for Plastics with special unique carbide with Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) coating for longer lifetime in plastic material.
Spiral bits with longer cutting length, usually at 3” (the typical length is 2”).
Stainless Steel Cutting Multi Helix Corner Radius CNC Router Bits
These multi helix end mills are outstanding tools for peripheral milling, and can take aggressive cuts along the full length of the overall flute length with no issues. They last much longer than a general purpose end mills, partly because they are coated, partly because they dampen vibration which tends to break a sharp cutting edge down very quickly.
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Routing Materials
Aluminum Composite Material (ACM)
ACM is a type of flat panel that consists of two thin aluminum sheets bonded to a non-aluminum core and is widely used as cladding for many diverse applications such as interior and exterior office buildings, external cladding or facades of buildings, hospitals, convention centers, airports, hotels, insulation and signage.
Carbon-Fiber-Reinforced Polymer
An extremely strong and light fiber-reinforced polymer which contains carbon fibers. The binding polymer is often a thermoset resin such as epoxy, but other thermoset or thermoplastic polymers, such as polyester, vinyl ester or nylon, are sometimes used.
A composite material composed of ceramic (cer) and metallic (met) materials. A cermet is ideally designed to have the optimal properties of both a ceramic, such as high temperature resistance and hardness, and those of a metal, such as the ability to undergo plastic deformation.
Another name for Fiberglass, this is a type of fiber reinforced plastic where the reinforcement fiber is specifically glass fiber.
Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymer a.k.a. Fiberglass
A composite material made of a polymer matrix reinforced with fibers. The fibers are usually glass, carbon, aramid, or basalt. The polymer is usually an epoxy, vinylester or polyester thermosetting plastic, and phenol formaldehyde resins are still in use.
MDF (Medium Density Fibreboard) is an engineered material made by breaking down hardwood or softwood into fine particles, combining it with a resin binder and applying high temperature and pressure. MDF is not subject to warping or cracking. There is no grain pattern, which results in a smooth finish on painted surfaces.
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Woodworking Joinery
A box joint, also known as a finger joint, is a woodworking joint that is used to join two pieces of wood at right angles. It is called a box joint because it creates a series of rectangular "boxes" or "fingers" that interlock with the corresponding "boxes" or "fingers" on the adjoining piece of wood.
Technique for creating a strong joint between two pieces of wood. This is done by carving one or more tapered, fan-shaped tenons into one piece of wood which will interlock with a series of mortises carved into the adjoining piece of wood.
Technique for joining two pieces of wood. Thin wood fingerlike extensions, are cut into the ends of two pieces of wood. When glued together, these extensions form a level surface.
Also know as "Stile and Rail". This technique is used to create doors, wainscoting, along with adding decorative features to cabinets, homes and furniture.
A joint created by applying a layer of adhesive to one or both surfaces of the wood and then pressing the pieces together. The adhesive creates a bond between the wood surfaces. The strength of a glue joint depends on several factors, including the type of glue used, the quality of the joint preparation, and the clamping pressure applied during the glue-up process.
Creating woodworking pieces using an array of joint- making techniques.
A miter joint is used to join two pieces of wood at an angle. Specifically, it is formed by cutting each end of the wood at a 45-degree angle so that they fit together to form a perfect 90-degree angle. Commonly used in picture frames, door and window casings, and other decorative applications where two pieces of wood meet at a corner.
These are slots, carved into a piece of wood. These slots will interlock with tenons carved into the adjoining piece of wood to form a dovetail joint.
These are tapered, fan-shaped, teeth like, protrusions carved into a piece of wood. These protrusions will interlock with mortises carved into the adjoining piece of wood to form a dovetail joint.
This joint is often used for wood paneling, flooring, parquet and other similar woodworks. The joint is used to fit 2 or more similar objects together edge-to-edge. Each piece has a slot or "groove" cut all along one edge, and a thin, deep ridge or "tongue" shaped on the opposite edge. The then fit together closely.
A decorative and strong joint. It is called a V-joint because it creates a V-shaped groove in the wood where the two pieces meet, and a corresponding V-shaped cut is made on the edge of the adjoining piece of wood. The two pieces are then joined together, with the V-shaped grooves interlocking with each other to form a tight and visually appealing joint. Commonly used in paneling, wainscoting, and other decorative applications where a strong, yet visually interesting joint is desired.
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Router Bit Manufacturers
Woodworking tool suppliers and world leaders in the manufacturing of high-quality tungsten carbide woodworking tools.
Belin CNC Router Bits
A company that sells CNC tools.
Djtol Engraving Tools
A company that sells CNC tools.
A company that sells CNC tools.
Vortex CNC Bits
A company that sells CNC tools.
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Other Router Bit Terms
AlTiN Coating
Aluminium Titanium Nitride (AlTiN) stands for a group of metastable hard coatings consisting of the metallic elements aluminium and titanium, and nitrogen. AlTiN Coating provides extra wear resistance when applied to router bits.
A safety feature designed to prevent the tool from catching the wood too deep and kicking back the material. Look for tools that are BG-Tested, which is a European certification for tools that comply with their strict safety standards.
The pointed tip of boring bits.
Carbide Router Bits
Router bits composed of an extremely hard metal compound. There are various standards of carbide in different hardnesses used for specific materials.
Carbide Tipped Router Bits
Router bits with cutting edges or blades made of carbide.
CNC
Abbreviation for “computer numerical control.” Computer numerical control refers to automation of machines or tools that are guided or operated by abstract commands programmed unto a computer.
Custom Router Bits
Router bits that are made or fitted according to the needs, preferences or special request of a person.
Cutting Service
Any outfit that offers cutting, drilling, boring, engraving or embossing with or without the use of CNC cutting systems.
Cutting Systems
The entire set of automated cutting implements including the cutting table (where the material is laid out for cutting/engraving/drilling), the spindle and the router.
Abrasive finishing tools that smooth out ‘burrs’ or ragged edges that are made when metals, wood or other materials are fused together. Deburring tools provide a ‘finessing’ job.
Dovetail Jig
Device which secures the board ends being joined by a dovetail joint.
Down-cut / Up-cut / Compression Bits
A downcut bit is the perfect choice for cuts where having a clean top surface, like creating non-through pockets, is necessary. Upcut bits are the go to choice where having a clean bottom surface or getting maximum chip evacuation on deeper profile cuts is most important. Compression bits are the best of both worlds, containing an upcut and a downcut grind on the same bit. Read more in our article, Downcut, Upcut and Compression, What’s the Difference?
The feed rate gives your the recommended feed rates for working with different types of router bits on different types of wood. Wood fiber direction, wood type as well as humidity can change your cutting condition.
High Precision Spring Collet
A holding device, the collet allows to reduce the vibrations on the tools and motors, assure better results and prolong the life of the tools and electrospindles.
CNC High Precision Tool Extenders
Tools that extend the reach of CNC router bits. Used for different projects and applications, user saves money by not purchasing extra-long tools.
Milling is the machining process of using rotary cutters to remove material from a workpiece by advancing in a direction at an angle with the axis of the tool. It covers a wide variety of different operations and machines on scales from small individual parts to large heavy-duty gang milling operations. It is one of the most commonly used processes in industry and machine shops today for machining parts to precise sizes and shapes
Also called a mortising machine, it is a tool that gouges out wood or other material to make a recess that receives a tenon (protruding joint).
A thin member forming the dividing units of a door, window, or screen. It is often used for decorative purposes.
Wooden or metal strips separating the panes of glass in a sash.
Polycrystalline Diamond (PCD)
PCD tooling is manufactured in a high-temperature and high-pressure laboratory that fuses diamond particles onto a carbide substrate, which allows the diamond to be brazed onto a tool body. PCD offers a harder cutting edge providing a higher resistance to wear and quality of finish is often significantly improved.
The bolt like piece that is screwed into the arbor on a CNC or drilling machine. There are several different types of pull studs available to suit varieties of CNC machines, most pull studs are made to suit specific CNC machine brands.
An object or device which enhances the usefulness of the router bits.
The cutting implement that can be made to cut aluminum, brass, copper, and other non-ferrous metals, wood, tiles and fiberglass.
Router bits made to cut wood often have steel bodies and carbide tips (made from tungsten or titanium combined with carbon). Because router bits can be practically fashioned to serve whatever purpose there is, the types of router bits can be quite varied.
Sets specifically designed for a variety CNC machining applications including signmaking, doormaking and general purpose.
A collection of cutting shapes for woodworking and metalworking. Chamfer, V-groove, Cove, Round Nose, Rabbeting, Dado, Round Over, Dovetail, Roman Ogee and Beading are cutting shapes used for sculpting furniture or other carved pieces.
Router Bits: European Micro-Grained Carbide
Carbide well-known in the woodworking industry for its edge holding qualities, click here to read more.
Router Bits: Industrial Quality
The longest lasting tooling available, from the rigid BG anti-kickback design certification to the stringent manufacturing processes, click here to read more.
Router Bit Quality
Not all router bits are created equal, click here to read more.
Router Bit Selection
Choose your router bit by reading our quick router bit selection guide here.
Router Bits: Solid Carbide Insert vs. Brazed Carbide
See the difference by clicking here.
A number of router bits used together to achieve a specific woodworking task. For example the Wainscot Wall Panel Router Bit Set includes a number of router bits used for Wainscot Wall Paneling.
Pieces that attach to a router tool, mainly used for cutting and carving wood. Router bits come in a variety of shapes and sizes.
Rotozip Router Bits
Router bits that are used to make cuts (usually on drywalls) at any angle.
The shank of a router bit refers to the straight section of the bit that is inserted into the router's collet. The shank is usually a cylindrical shape and is designed to fit snugly into the collet, where it is held securely in place during use.
Router bit shanks come in different diameters, ranging from 1/4 inch to 1/2 inch or larger. For best results, shank size should match the size of the collet, but collet reducers or shank adapters may be used as short-term solutions.
nACo coating is an micro-thin ceramic coating which enables the tool's cutting edge to retain crucial sharpness and lubricity. This provides longevity and produces cutting results of the highest quality.
Tambour Door
The tambour door is made using slats-thin narrow flat strips of usually wood or metal. These slats roll up and down a vertical track. Tambour doors are usually found in cabinets and entertainment centers.
Videos created using industrial CNC tooling for educational and pleasure experiences.
Wainscot
Wainscot is a wood paneling décor that covers the lower 3-4 feet of an interior wall. Can be plain, painted or varnished wood.
Is the framework in which the glass panes of a window or door are set.
Wood Routers
Machines with a revolving vertical spindle and cutter. Used for shaping the surface of wood.
Woodworking
The process of carving, milling, building and creating objects using wood.
Woodworking Templates
These are patterns, or molds in the form of thin boards or plates. Templates are used as a guide for the construction of an object using wood.
ZrN Coating
Zirconium Nitride (ZrN) is a hard ceramic material similar to titanium nitride and is a cement-like refractory material. When applied using the physical vapor deposition coating process it is commonly used for coating medical devices, industrial parts (notably drill bits), aerospace components and other parts subject to high wear and corrosive environments.
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Router Bit Quality
Despite appearances, not all router bits are created equal. The characteristics that separate a high quality Amana Tool router bit from a cheap bit cannot be seen without careful inspection. For example, the best carbide tips hold an edge longer because the carbide is extremely hard and the carbide particles are consistently micrograin. And when the edge does require re-sharpening, you can be assured that Amana bits will last longer because the carbide is thick.
Poorly machined bits may slip in the collet and spoil the workpiece. For a firm grip in the collet, a router bit shank should be no less than .001” of the specified diameter; in other words, a 1/2" shank bit should measure .499”. Amana Tool router bit shanks are consistently the correct size.
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Selecting the Correct Router Bit for Your Job
Selecting the right router bit can sometimes seem mind-boggling and so it’s helpful to break it down to two simple questions; do I need to create a decorative shape or a joint and how will I guide the workpiece through the cut?
Decorative shapes can be simple profiles such as the ogee, roundover, and the bead or something more complex such as a crown molding. Amana Tool has the largest selection of decorative profile bits available anywhere.
Straight bits are the most common router bit for cutting joints. They can be used to create grooves, dadoes, mortises, tenons and rabbets. It’s helpful to have a number of different sizes on hand.
Some router bits, such as the Amana In-Stile bit sets, cut a decorative profile as well as a complex joint. Matching bit sets are more expensive but make it easy to construct complicated assemblies such as doors.
The most common method for guiding a bit is with the bearing on the end of the bit. The guide bearing ensures a consistent profile and allows routing straight stock or curves. Many Amana bits have a guide bearing on the shank which allows for pattern shaping curves. Pattern bits are also useful for grooves, mortises, and other internal cuts with a template.
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Solid Carbide Insert vs Brazed Carbide
Amana Tool is now offering the newest router bit design available today: insert carbide. Like the knives in a jointer or planer, the carbide inserts are held securely in place in the body of the router bit with a mechanical fastener. Insert router bits have several advantages over brazed bits. Because the brazing process creates tremendous heat, engineers are limited as to the hardness level of carbide used. In contrast, insert bits use much harder, longer wearing carbide because there is no heat generated in the manufacturing process.
Additionally, when the insert does eventually dull, there is no need to send it out for sharpening. Instead, a new carbide insert is quickly and easily fastened in the body of the tool. As an added advantage, the profile remains consistent.
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European Micro-Grained Carbide
Carbide is well-known in the woodworking industry for its edge holding qualities and Amana Tool uses only the best micrograin and sub-micrograin carbide available. This ensures that Amana router bits hold an edge for an incredibly long time in a wide variety of materials, from natural wood and MDF to aluminum. Amana uses thick carbide inserts for multiple sharpening and silver induction brazing for maximum bonding, strength, and long tool life.
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Industrial Quality
The woodworking industry expects the smoothest performing, longest lasting tooling available and Amana delivers. From the rigid BG anti-kickback design certification to the stringent manufacturing processes, Amana engineers work diligently to ensure that the router bit that you purchase meets the highest level of industrial standards for quality, longevity, safety, and smoothness of cut.
Amana manufactures each bit from a solid bar of high strength steel. The steel bodies are manufactured in a single clamping to ensure balance, symmetry, precision, and centricity.
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