Router Cutter Life Expectancy

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October 15, 2005 at 5:54 pm #6047

mervyncp

Hi
I am new to routering and

am currently installing new worktops in my kitchen. The cutter I have been using seems to have gone blunt very quickly. It

is a cheap carbide tipped tool.

Is it a case of the more you pay the longer they last, or do they just not like cutting

formica worktops very much?

This is a great forum. It helped me no end when deciding whether to get someone in to cut

the worktop joints or invest in a set of tools to do it myself.

You can guess which route I took!!

Best

regards

Mervyn
October 17, 2005 at 7:07 pm #6051

timfoley

mervyncp,

Welcome to the

forum.

I’m afraid your assumption is correct and the maximum life expectancy for a new cutter in my experience is

around three kitchens or, in joint applications, six joints.

You do, as with applliances and cabinertry, get what you

pay for and the more reputable manufacturers offer tungsten carbide bits that can be sharpened once you’ve utilised it for

the six joints.

Tim.
October 21, 2005 at 12:00 pm #6052

lkj

Tim, sharpened by whom and how?
October 21, 2005 at 8:53 pm #6053

timfoley

Put a serach in google for sharpening services lkj and you’ll discover

that there

are a number of businesses that can provide this.
I used an Engineering business who advertise part of

their services predominantly as saw sharpening but they sharpen router bits also.

Tim
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