Help with router bit please

[FeelingOld]

Hi all, the router isn't a tool I use a great deal but now I need to use one, my limited stock of bits is letting me down!
I need to find a trim bit with a top bearing with a small diameter, ideally 10mm with as long as cutting section as possible, about 30mm if such a thing exists? Any help would be very much appreciated.thank you

 

[blackrodd]

Not knowing exactly what you are after, have you been on trend website?
http://www.trenddirectuk.com/trade-router-cutters.html
They seem to have a good range for starters I have found.
Regards Rodders

PS This is a 1/4" bit with a top bearing
http://www.kirbyandwells.co.uk/product_ ... lbgeta1m23

There's also a 50mm cut, top bearing, in 1/2", have a butchers
Rodders

 

[Baldhead]

Are you wanting to cut a rebate? Try these
http://www.wealdentool.com/acatalog/Rou ... ers_1.html
Excellent quality at an affordable price.

HTH

Baldhead

 

[FeelingOld]

I need it to plunge and then cut out a shape within a jig that has a tight radius on two corners...thanks for the links I'll have a look

 

[Mike.S]

I second Baldhead's recommendation to try Wealden - give 'em a ring, they're very helpful.

 

[Eric The Viking]

+1 for Wealden.

I have a depressing collection of bearing-equipped template cutters, acquired usually as part of a kit (from s/h router purchases, etc.). The ones from the sheds and certain discount outlets can be truly horrid.

If quality matters go straight there (Wealden).

Also, you can make the starter hole in many different ways - your bearing-guided cutter doesn't have to plunge cut of itself. So don't get too hung up on having one that can.

 

[FeelingOld]

Thanks everyone, I searched through Wealden and Kirby sites but none were suitable. Now my jig is made, I need 10 mm or less diameter. I have found one here http://www.titman.co.uk/premier_router_cutters.php
They look like a quality bit, has anyone any experience of them?

Thanks

 

[kostello]

Titman cutters are very good quality

 

[blackrodd]

As above, Titman are up there with the better cutters, I think!
Regards Rodders

 

[Job and Knock]

As nobody has mentioned it, the cutter used for that sort of purpose is called a combination panel cutter and is commonly used in the caravan industry, coach bodybuilding, SIPS panel manufacture/installation, etc. They are designed to plunge something like a plywood or composite board and use the template or frame shape below to guide the bit. The pilot section at the bottom of the bit has a bit if Vaselene or paraffin wax applied every so often to prevent burning. They work well, but don't have a long life

 

[FeelingOld]

Brilliant, thanks again. I tried posting some pics just there to show you what I do but need to learn how to resize them smaller!

 

[Myfordman]

just google for online resizer sites. They do exactly what the name suggests.