Tips for Router bits

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Anyone using stock router bits to do 3d-roughing?
I have a straight/mortising bit, but I’m worried about it’s ability to plunge.

Bosch 1/4-in Carbide-Tipped Straight Bit Model # 85221MC

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Compared to these two… (less worried about these designs… the bottom teeth look like they will reach to the center.

IRWIN Marples 1/4-in Carbide-Tipped Straight Bit Model # 1901013 (19.98)

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IRWIN Marples 1/4-in Carbide-Tipped Straight Bit Model # 1901025 (14.95)

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Obviously the right design (19.95)
Bosch 1/4-in Carbide-Tipped Downcut Spiral Bit Model # 85903MC

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If your bit has mortising listed as a use, it will plunge.

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The bit in question

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Not good.

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yep… decided it was a non starter so i’ll vrab one of the others this afternoon. have ti wait through a birthday party for wifes friend’s 2yr old… I deserve a new end mill for that…

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They work fine if you are using ramping to enter a cut

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You will get much better results if you use a ball nose bit for the roughing pass.

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I think you deserve two…

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Or three!

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Works for me and the price is right.

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