WHERE DID THOSE BORING BITS FOR ROUTERS GO?

[niall Y]

I used to have a special drill bit that I used with my old Trend 1/4 inch router. It included a carbide counterbore at he top and a brad point tip at the base. If I remember rightly there was the merest hint of a spiral along its length and it was of a size to accept a No 8 screw. It was used mainly on blockboard -( my goodness that's a bit of a 'blast from the past'!)
The point is, I could do with one for the job I'm presently working on, but I can't find them listed anywhere, now. Trend used to sell them so I presume they were a Titman product. The nearest equivalent I can find is one for drilling out for dowels, that Titman make but these are rated for only 6000 revs. So has it been decided that this is a far too risky operation, or does something still exist out there, somewhere?

 

[niall Y]

Ha!......... Think I've found something ( Trend 62/80 ) It;s O.K. for speeds up to 20,000 rpm Couldn't initially find it on the Trend website, but tracked it down elsewhere. (It's a lot easier when you have a number)
Seem to remember that mine had a square counterbore - But, hey, it's close enough!

 

[Spectric]

Look at these from Wealdon, I have these that do a counter bore Drill Counterbore

these leave a countersink Drill Countersink

and these make the plugs if you want to fill the hole TCT Parallel

 

[niall Y]

Look at these from Wealdon, I have these that do a counter bore Drill Counterbore

these leave a countersink Drill Countersink

and these make the plugs if you want to fill the hole TCT Parallel

Well I'll be............... Thanks for that. Exactly what's needed, and it's a bit cheaper than Trend.

 

[Spectric]

Wealdon produce some great products and with fast delivery, I use a lot of their cutters and router drills. If you get into mouldings and such then another company worth a look is Infinity cutters, Router Bits - Infinity Tools

 

[Phil Pascoe]

Well I'll be............... Thanks for that. Exactly what's needed, and it's a bit cheaper than Trend.

and undoubtedly better.

 

[thetyreman]

wealden are amazing, bought some bits from them recently for electric guitar making and really impressed.

 

[niall Y]

and undoubtedly better.

Oooh......,now that's a bit harsh. Trend was the only real choice, years back, and the bulk of their cutters were from Titman. And Titman cutters are good. The dead give -away was that many of the Titman cutters had a slot on the top pf the shaft

 

[NFav]

Just had a look at Wealdons web site. Some lovely stuff on there.
I could easily spend too much time & money on that site