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>Brett - > >If you find that your router bits are slipping while >the machine is running (even after you have tightened >the collet), the problem is most likely with your >router, not with the bits themselves. I would highly >recommend getting a new collet (at the very least.) >If your bits are still slipping, I would think >seriously about retiring your router. There is a very >real chance the bit could come flying out of the >router and into, say, the router-operator. > >As for buying quality bits, both Rockler and Woodcraft >sell their own line of mid-range (both in price and >quality) bits. I wouldn't personally recommend >investing in high-end bits (such as Freud or CMT), >because I see router bits as consumables (such as >sandpaper and glue), rather than as actual tools worth >investing in. Almost all bits these days are >carbide-tipped, and are therefore essentially >un-sharpenable (I don't think that last word is an >actual word, but you know what I mean.) That being >said, I wouldn't buy the bottom-of-the-barrel bits >they sell at Home Depot, either. > >I hope this helps. Happy woodworking. > >Clark

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