Router bits

"Charlie Self" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> I'm working on a piece on router bits. Somewhere, I seem to recall seeing
a
> "new" router bit that took inserts similar to those used with shaper
cutter
> heads. IIRC, it was similar to rosette cutters, and had a very limited
choice
> of inserts, though new ones could be ground, as in shaper cutters. I am
not
> interested in changing bearings, changeable stile and rail sets and
similar
> things, but in router bits that take mild steel or carbide tipped inserts
to
> completely change profiles.
>
> Anyone else recall this, or have I finally gone round the bend?
>
> Charlie Self
> "Bore, n.: A person who talks when you wish him to listen." Ambrose
Bierce, The
> Devil's Dictionary
>
Charlie, you might try Amana and Jesada at these addresses:

http://www.amanatool.com/routerbits_highproduction.htm
http://iseek.com/Projects/omnicat5/index.php?cat_id=0 click to see their
paper catalog and go to page 34 (at the bottom).

TW

In article <[email protected]>,
[email protected] (Charlie Self) wrote:

> I'm working on a piece on router bits. Somewhere, I seem to recall seeing a
> "new" router bit that took inserts similar to those used with shaper cutter
> heads. IIRC, it was similar to rosette cutters, and had a very limited choice
> of inserts, though new ones could be ground, as in shaper cutters. I am not
> interested in changing bearings, changeable stile and rail sets and similar
> things, but in router bits that take mild steel or carbide tipped inserts to
> completely change profiles.
>
> Anyone else recall this, or have I finally gone round the bend?

I think you're thinking of...

http://www.freudtools.com/industrial/cnc_tooling.shtml