🔧 Whiteside Template Router Bits 3004 Review

I bought the same bit with three different depths of cut: Whiteside #3000, #3001 and #3004. Keep in mind they are not for heavy duty work like ( are usually located in) Carpentry shops, but they have a place to craft furniture and cabinets. I like having all of them as it's easy to work with very similar bits with interchangeable bearings. I only work with the smaller, model #3000, and as expected it worked flawlessly even on very heavy ipe wood. I expect this #3004 model to be on the same…

The beat itself is fine. It has significantly more breaks and a harder cut than the Bosch bit I bought from Lowe. You can see the Bosch drill results at the top of the tree and the Whiteside drill results in the middle. A more serious problem is that the set screw fell out of the nut holding the bearing in place sometime in the first 2 minutes of use. I was lucky to get it close enough to the chuck that the bearing stayed on the jig, but it's probably worth checking the screw tightness before…

Just wanted to point out that Whiteside intentionally undersize the bit compared to stock so the bit doesn't cut into the template I discovered this when I tried to copy the Festool Top MFT which uses precise 20mm holes. I've used a Freud cutter in the past with no problems, but I was building a new workbench so I wanted a new cutter and decided to try the Whiteside cutter. cut! Since they fit perfectly in the original holes, I pulled out a caliper and took a few measurements. The stock was…