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Your cart is empty.Whiteside Machine Company has been in the router bit business for over 30 years providing customer with quality products while at the same time striving to achieve complete customer satisfaction. Several woodworking magazines have tested Whiteside versus the competition and selected Whiteside as the winner for best router bits available in the market. Whiteside Machine Company was founded in 1970 as a general purpose machine shop in the basement of Bill & Bobbie Whiteside's home. Located in Western North Carolina near the furniture manufacturing town of Hickory, the company was often involved in making repairs or special parts for the furniture and woodworking field. A strong commitment to customer problem-solving, a can-do attitude, and innovative ideas, along with a growing core of dedicated employees, helped the business evolve into a manufacturer of woodworking equipment and tooling. Primarily through repeat business and referrals, the tooling business continued to grow to meet a demand for quality production router bits as well as custom application tooling. Today, Whiteside Machine occupies a 40,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility and produces a complete line of solid carbide and carbide tipped router bits. Whiteside's quality, innovation, and customer commitment is still present in our superb product line, in the design of custom tooling to fill special customer requirements, and in the development of special machinery and tooling for our own manufacturing use. As always, Whiteside Machine is continuously striving to improve our product through new technology, improved production techniques, and ongoing research and development efforts; along with rigid quality control, vital customer feedback and extensive field testing. Whiteside Machine Company.
T. Petty
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2024
Whiteside router bits are great, and this bowl-cutter bit is no different. Goes through walnut like butter.
John A Merlino
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2024
used this bit for teh juice groove on this end grain cutting board. Worked flawlessly, Sharp, exact and rigid.
Carol A. Johnston
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2024
I own several Whiteside router bits and this one, like the others I've bought, works well. My only issue was the time it took to get it. I was in the middle of a project and it took several days to get it with delayed shipping.
Paul Yanney
Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2023
They make good stuff 👍
Ross Spencer
Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2021
OverviewThis is my first bowl cutting but that I have used to make dark walnut cigar ashtrays as a gift. Saw plenty of reviews for cheaper bits where people bent/destroyed them because of the thinner 1/4in shank. Didn't want to buy a super expensive bit so settled on this. The quick and dirty is this: don't buy a cheaper bit than this one or you will likely regret it.Pros-Cuts really well even while plunge cutting.-Top bearing allows for use with templates.Cons-Seems to cut best on my routers lowest speed setting. Meaning material removal can be slow.Wrap UpOverall I'm giving this product 5 stars functioned perfect for what I wanted. Yes material removal was slower than what I wanted, but when you are doing plunge carving it is to be expected. I just used the turret stop on my router and did a few passes. I have been very pleased with this product and do recommend it for use. Especially if you are unsure if you want to go with cheaper options. Save yourself the headache and potential hospital visit and order this one instead.
SB
Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2020
The bit is sturdy and sharp. I used it to dish out a shallow tray in hickory wood that was about 5 feet long and 13 inches wide. It did this with ease.
Robert Colvin
Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2016
I have purchased and use several Whiteside Router bits. They have performed great and when I'm looking to get another router bit I first look for a Whiteside bit. I had a problem with this bit and I sent an email to the company to explain what happen. Yesterday, Whitesides sent me a brand new bit at no cost. I really appreciate this American company that produces quality products that they stand behind. Thanks!
Joe Mohawk
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2015
Whiteside makes the best router bits, period. This bit is chewing up cherry, walnut and quartersawn white oak with no problem. At the end of this week, I will have completed a bank of Shaker built-ins 23 feet long and six and a half feet high. I used a Whiteside Shaker router bit set to cut the raised panels for the 28 doors for this section of built-ins. You can find the diagrams in the Fine Woodworking, Oct 2011 edition. The bit set ran through this premium cherry with no problem at all. Whiteside builds tough bits.
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