1/8" shank router bits

[woodpig]

Anyone know where to get individual bits or small sets of TCT bits for use in Dremel type tools? I'm after a twin tip 4mm straight cutter but would rather not spend Trend prices if possible! :lol:

 

[Eric The Viking]

Assume it's for inlay or curve-following of some sort?

I thought Wealden did some, but now I think not having looked (their 'miniature' cutters seem to be dolls house profiles on 1/4" shanks).

The only double flute 4mm one (1/4" shank) I own is a Trend solid TC one. But there are two issues: because it's so small you have to spin it bloomin' fast (flat out on a T10/T11), and it seems to be made of cheese.

I must have been doing some MFC or similar (really can't remember), as there's a notch in it now. I've had good Wealden cutters do the same thing, but only after a lot of use in paticularly brittle melamine-faced. Trend seems to be both expensive and short-lived.

I don't recommend the cheap single-edged ones either - the vibration is horrid and the cut width approximate at best.

Given the extreme RPM needed, is there any other way of getting there? I'm not sure my Proxxon would run fast enough, even if I had the right cutter.

 

[woodpig]

A demonstrator at my club used one in a Dremel type tool last night and it worked fine on Beech and Sycamore. He made a point of saying not to use a single flute cutter. There seem to be a few HSS ones out there (China!) perhaps one of those will do. I'll keep looking.

Actually there are other "trimmer" type machines that appear in Lidl and Aldi that take 3/16" shank cutters, perhaps one of those may work better?

 

[blackrodd]

Loads of 1/8th" router bits on flebay I see, hopefully the one yer after included, have a butchers,-
Regards Rodders



http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_odkw= ... s&_sacat=0

 

[Roughcut]

Proxxon make 3.2mm shank router bits.

 

[AES]

... and so do Dremel. BUT the "best" bits are the 4.8 mm shaft bits that they produced for the Dremel Trio which I believe is now discontinued. That range is limited (IF you can still find them) but with straight, roundover, upcut and 45 degree bits there's enough for most small work and although they are HSS not TC, and have a fixed pilot tip rather than a bearing, they are not bad, and cheaper than Proxon (in Switzerland anyway, I cant speak about UK).

4.8 mm is a silly size (IMHO anyway) and NOT compatible with their range of bits to fit the "standard" Dremel drill tools - note you can buy a "not too bad" attachment for the Dremel drills to turn them into a sort of "mini plunge router".

Please also note that at least one member here has had a lot of trouble with Dremel, to the extent that he wrote "never again", but personally I have several Dremel tools with no problems at all. Proxon is IMO generally a better tool than Dremel, but as above, more expensive.

HTH

AES

 

[Myfordman]

4.8 mm stems from a proper system of units ie 3/16"

 

[AES]

Yeah, I know, but also, as far as I know, nobody but Dremel made/makes router bits with this shank size - it doesn't even fit their own standard collet chuck drills, which if I recall correctly (without going out into the shop to check) are about 2.5 mm dia.

Sorry if my original point was not clear.

AES

 

[AES]

woodpig:

As a P.S. to the above, there's currently a thread on the scroll sawing section, started by chippy geoff about router bits with a 1/8th shank.

AES

 

[Myfordman]

OP could always try solid carbide bits intended for routing the edges of printed circuit boards. the CNC machines they use in that industry usually have 1/8" shanks.
The shanks of broken drills are also hand for making metal turning tools.

 

[misterfish]

A demonstrator at my club used one in a Dremel type tool last night and it worked fine on Beech and Sycamore.

Why not try to contact thr demonstrator and ask where he gets his stuff - whoever organised the demonstartion at the club should be able to give you contact details.

Misterfish