Product Details
- Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
- Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
- ASIN: B000FJRN8S
- Item model number: 8377
By : MLCS
Price : $39.95
You Save : $30.00 (43%)
Product Description
From the Manufacturer
This high-quality carbide tipped set includes a variety of bit sizes and styles: 4 straight bits (3/16-inch, 1/4-inch, 1/2-inch, 3/4-inch), 1 round over bit (3/8-inch), 1 cove bit (1/2-inch), 1 roman ogee bit (5/32-inch), 1 45-degree chamfer bit, 1 flushtrim bit (1/2-inch), 1 rabbeting bit (3/8-inch), 1 dovetail bit (1/2-inch x 14-degree), 1 V-groove bit (3/8-inch), 1 hinge mortising bit (1/2-inch), 1 panel pilot bit (1/4-inch), 1 round nose bit (1/4-inch), 1 allen wrench, and 1 bearing to convert round over bit into beading bit. It also comes with a sturdy wood storage box.
Technical Details
- Quality, carbide-tipped bits
- 15 different bits in set
- Wood storage box Included
- 1/2-inch shanks
- Economical, all-purpose starter set
MLCS 8377 15-Piece Router Bit Set with Carbide-Tipped 1/2-Inch Shanks
Customer Reviews
When I got my router, I needed some bits. Some folks think you should buy bits only as you need them, and to get top quality for each bit. That that costs about $25 per bit, and just doesn't make sense if there are more than two bits you KNOW you'll need.
So I bought this bit set and am very happy with it.
A couple words of warning:
1) The first time you pull these bits out of their plastic sleeves, use a rag. They are in there a bit tight due to the anti-corrosive goop that's on them. If you aren't very careful, you will slice your finger BUT GOOD on the carbide parts as you pull on them.
2) Clean that goop off with alcohol. I used denatured alcohol, but common isopropyl will probably work too. You don't want to chuck these in your router with that goop on the shanks, as it will gum up the collet. You want to clean it off the rest of the bit too, so the bits are in balance.
The box that is included is quite nice. It is pine, with a high quality latch and nice box joints at the corners.
Anyway, it is a nice set, and I don't think you really get better quality than this for paying more.
I received a Dewalt router combo kit as a gift in December, but what the giver forgot is that a router is useless without router bits. I bought this set from MLCS based partially on reviews and more on price. I had read quite a bit about how you get what you pay for when it comes to router bits and how I should buy Freud or something similar, but I really don't have that kind of money to spend and, just like whole "fine woodworking" scene, it just seemed a little pretentious to spend that kind of cash. So I bought these and I couldn't be more pleased.
The set came in a well constructed case that very firmly held all the bits in place, avoiding any potential damage in shipping. The bits were coated in an oil or grease of some kind to protect them from rust that had to be cleaned off, but I'd rather have a rust free bit and spend a little extra time cleaning. All the bits I've used so far, 1/2", 1/4", flush trim, have worked great. And for the three bits I've used, I could have easily spent as much as the entire set on three individual bits from Freud.
Because of this bit set I have started looking at MLCS first for my additional router needs. I just ordered a router table plate from then for about half of what Rockler asks for theirs. All in all, I think MLCS and this router bit set are a great value in the expensive world woodworking.
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