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router bit selection

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router bit selection

Tony O

>Is an up cut or down cut spiral bit preferred for plunge routing

mortises in hard wood?

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#2

Upcut

Hoa Dinh in Alameda

>It will pull the chips out.

A downcut will push the chips down. They have nowhere to go and will likely burn.

-- Hoa

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