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Corner Rounding Endmills are Expensive

MrWhoopee

MrWhoopee

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and they're HSS. Round-over carbide router bits with 1/2" shanks are cheap.

www.ebay.com

6 Bit Round Over Edge Forming Router Bit Set 1/2" Shank Woodworking Tool | eBay

Specification: Type: Coner Round Over Edging Router Bit Material: Tungsten Carbide Shank: 1/2''(12.7mm) Radius: R1/8''(3.175mm) R3/16''(4.76mm) R1/4''(6.35mm) R3/8''(9.52mm) R5/16''(7.96mm) R1/2''(12.7mm) Package Including: 6pcs Corner Round Over Router Bits.
www.ebay.com

and effective.

 
Well, sort of expensive - if you get US made and new. Used not so much & you can get carbide as well.

For AL, if you have router bits around the wood stuff works. For most things AL (in soft grades) can be treated as a gummy hard wood.
 
Funny this was mentioned . These showed up last week , but I'll hold onto the CR endmills just in case .
 

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Nice, I've been wondering about using the wood bits on steel.
What rpm and doc are you using?
 
ChazzC said:
The nicest thing about using router bits is that you don’t need to calculate (guess) about the X-Y location of the but: the bearing takes care of that.
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Yep, I took the bearing off, but all of the bits are exactly 1/2" diameter at the inside of the radius. Makes positioning easy.
 
MrWhoopee said:
and they're HSS. Round-over carbide router bits with 1/2" shanks are cheap.

www.ebay.com

6 Bit Round Over Edge Forming Router Bit Set 1/2" Shank Woodworking Tool | eBay

Specification: Type: Coner Round Over Edging Router Bit Material: Tungsten Carbide Shank: 1/2''(12.7mm) Radius: R1/8''(3.175mm) R3/16''(4.76mm) R1/4''(6.35mm) R3/8''(9.52mm) R5/16''(7.96mm) R1/2''(12.7mm) Package Including: 6pcs Corner Round Over Router Bits.
www.ebay.com

and effective.

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That's awesome, I have a big crappy tire master pack in the garage hmmm...
 
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