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Diamond
- Joined
- Sep 25, 2011
- Location
- Garbsen, Germany
One of my go-to woodworking tools is a set of bearing-guided bits for doing small-radius roundovers and bevels on edges. I put them into a 2HP Bosch hand-held router or a smaller trim router and run them around the edges of parts. I have also used the woodworking bits with aluminium and brass, sprayed with a bit of WD40 as a lubricant and to prevent buildup on the cutting edges.
Does someone out there make a similar bit out of carbide or ceramic which can be used on mild-steel plate? For appearance I'd like to treat the edges of some steel plates. Sure I can do it on the mill but the setup will take 20 times as long as if I could use a hand-guided tool. I'd be happy with roughly 3mm (1/8") wide bevels or roundovers, so we are not talking about removing a lot of meat. (I have not tried this with a woodworking bit but am 99% sure that the carbide would fragment when run on steel. I think different material and/or relief angles are needed.)
Does someone out there make a similar bit out of carbide or ceramic which can be used on mild-steel plate? For appearance I'd like to treat the edges of some steel plates. Sure I can do it on the mill but the setup will take 20 times as long as if I could use a hand-guided tool. I'd be happy with roughly 3mm (1/8") wide bevels or roundovers, so we are not talking about removing a lot of meat. (I have not tried this with a woodworking bit but am 99% sure that the carbide would fragment when run on steel. I think different material and/or relief angles are needed.)