Ultimate router set

[jordec66]

I see Rutlands are offering their 70 piece 1/2 inch multi cutter set for £139 , something's stopping me
from going to checkout (i've added to cart) , but don't know what. Maybe thinking looks good but would
half of 'em go unused. Anyone bought this set recently?

 

[TobyB]

I picked up a cheap "set" of maybe 30 bits when I first bought a router ... a few years down the line most are pristine unused ... whereas the additional Whealans ones I've bought for specific purposes are well used.

Buy exactly what you need for a specific task ... don't bother with "sets" ...

 

[p111dom]

It depends how much you use your router. I bought it last year and have used all but 5

 

[Dodge]

To be honest I stopped buying sets of router cutters years ago - If you are new to routing then a basic set is good to get you started but you always end up with what I call "fodder Cutters" i.e. those that the suppliers put in to make the set look great but are very unlikely to ever get used.

I buy individual cutters as and when needed - whilst the individual cutters may seem more expensive you save money in the long run and have exactly what you want, not what the supplier dictates.

My opinion anyway

Rog

 

[RogerP]

I've had exactly those thoughts myself ... but if you only used, say, 20% regularly could you have bought those 14 for £27.80? - and I imagine most of the others would get used if only very occasionally.

 

[jordec66]

That's what's stopping me going to checkout , but as RogerP has pointed out , even if only 25% are used
it's surely a good deal as opposed to buying seperately if the quality is ok. I must say I agree with Dodge
there are going to be a percentage of 'fodder' cutters in there.

 

[Eric The Viking]

I'm with the 'only buy what you need' group. The decent ones I've splashed out on such as chamfer, rounding over, rebaters, surfacing (and so on) get used and used. On t'other hand I've still got bits from my last router that have never been in a chuck.

I'm tempted by the drawer + door set Rutlands do, too, but I can't work out the purpose of the second one down on the right:

 

[jordec66]

I think it's purpose is a drawer pull.

 

[Eric The Viking]

Yup that's what Rutlands/Tornado say, but which bit do you pull?

Obviously you can't undercut it from the side, so are you supposed to groove below it? I can understand them not including the groover, as they're pretty standard, but you'd think they'd say that and specify the radius to use. I was also wondering about achieving a similar effect with a beading/nosing cutter - you wouldn't have any arrised edges that way.

It's still a bit of an odd thing to include.

 

[knappers]

I've never been able to figure that one out either. Anybody got one and used it?

Si.

 

[jumps]

got one, like the set but - haven't used that cutter either!

 

[Mike Wingate]

Just buy the router bits that you need.