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Title: What router bit cuts this pattern?
Post by: SavannahLion on February 08, 2009, 01:11:19 pm

I went to a couple of hardware stores (Lowes-like) and those guys had no idea what I was talking about. They kept trying to sell me a dovetail.  :banghead:

I think the problem is either the people at the crap mega hardware stores can't comprehend what I'm asking for or I don't know what to ask for. All the Mom & Pop I know of hardware stores shut down in the last three years so I'm left with Home Depot, Lowes and Harbor. Before I make the trip all the way out to Harbor, I need to know what to ask for.

Basically, I need a router bit that can be plunged and cuts this pattern:

Title: Re: What router bit cuts this pattern?
Post by: nuka1195 on February 08, 2009, 02:04:46 pm

cove bit

Title: Re: What router bit cuts this pattern?
Post by: SavannahLion on February 09, 2009, 12:19:56 am

Thank you :)

Title: Re: What router bit cuts this pattern?
Post by: Chadwick on February 09, 2009, 03:16:31 pm

It is commonly called a core-box bit.

Title: Re: What router bit cuts this pattern?
Post by: RecklessAbandon on February 09, 2009, 03:45:12 pm

im assuming your in the us right?

try http://www.trend-uk.com/en/US/productlist/3/8/radius_%26_cove.html

trend are pretty much the company to use for routing gear in the uk