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Definition
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Abrasive
Routers |
These
routers are designed to cut abrasive materials
such as tile and fiberglass. Sometimes configured
in diamond pattern. |
Aluminum
Router Bits
|
Aluminum
router bits are used for cutting aluminum, brass,
copper and other nonferrous metals. |
Amana
Tool
|
Woodworking tool suppliers
and world leaders in the manufacturing of high-quality
tungsten carbide woodworking tools.
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Anti-kickback
|
A safety feature designed
to prevent the tool from catching the wood too
deep and kicking back the material, which can
cause bodily harm. Look for tools that are BG-Tested,
which is a European certification for tools
that comply with their strict safety standards.
Anti-Kickback is a safety feature on high quality
router bits. |
Architectural
Bits
|
See
molding
router bits. |
Ball
End Router Bits
|
Router
bits used to cut channels for pipes or cables.
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Ball
Slot Router Bits
|
See Ball End Router Bits.
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Bead
Router Bits
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A
decorative profile. This bit is often used with
a tongue-and- groove joint to hide a gap between
boards. |
Beading
Router Bits
|
Router
bit used for decorative purposes. This bit cuts
quarter-round shapes bounded by fillets. It
creates a bead like contour in the wood piece. |
Bevel
Router Bits
|
See Chamfer Router Bits.
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Bowl
& Tray Router Bits
|
These
bits are used for routing solid wood serving
trays or flat dishes. |
Bullnose
Router Bits
|
These
bits are used to carve a rounded edge, often
used for the front edge on a counter top. |
Carbide Router Bits
|
Router bits composed
of an extremely hard metal compound. There are
various standards of carbide in different hardnesses
used for specific materials. Amana Tool uses
specific carbide designed for the specific application.
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Carbide Tipped Router
Bits
|
Router bits with cutting
edges or blades made of carbide. |
Chair
Rail |
Originally, chair rails
were intended to prevent walls from being dented
by the backs of chairs. Chair rails are usually
measured to equal the height of the tallest
chair in the room. Today it is mainly used for
decoration purposes and usually range from 28"
to 36". |
Chamfer
Router Bits
|
Router
bits that cut an angle, usually 45 degrees.
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Compression
Router Bits
|
These
router bits are used when working with veneer,
melamine or a similar materials. Using double
spirals ensures that both top and bottom edges
of the material are properly cut and pulled
towards the center. |
Core
Box Router Bits |
Core
box bits are used to cut half-round grooves
for fluted moldings, columns, millwork, and
signs. When used with an edge guide, this bit
will also cuts coves. |
Corner
Round Router Bits
|
These
router bits are used for creating round corners
on your woodwork. Used mainly for furniture
pieces. |
Cove
Trim
|
A trim unit on which
one edge has a curved radius. Coves are used
to bridge the gap between the bottom of the
wall and the floor. A cove may also be used
to form an inside corner. |
Cove
Router Bits
|
Router
bits used to carve details in the cove trim.
Cove bits may also be used to detail doors,
drawers, posts and columns. |
Custom
Router Bits
|
Router bits that are
made or fitted according to the needs, preferences
or special request of a person. |
Door
Lip Router Bits
|
Router
bits used to shape pull handles on the fronts
of drawers and cabinet doors. |
Door
Making Router Bits
|
These bits are used
to make and shape doors. |
Double
Bead Router Bits |
These
bits create two bead shaped contours in the
wood piece. Often used on the edges of shelving
or narrow molding strips. |
Dovetail Jig
|
Device which secures
the board ends being joined by a dovetail joint. |
Dovetail
Joints |
Technique for creating
a strong joint between two pieces of wood. This
is done by carving one or more tapered, fan-shaped
tenons into one piece of wood which will interlock
with a series of mortises carved into the adjoining
piece of wood. This technique is commonly used
when making drawers and cabinets. |
Dovetail
Router Bits
|
These
bits are used to carve the tenons and mortises
of the dovetail joint. |
Edge
Router Bits |
Edge
bits are used to detail the edges of your woodworking
piece. Used to soften the corners of tables,
cabinets and more. |
Fiberglass
Router Bits
|
These
router bits are designed to trim laminated fiberglass
boards. |
Fillets
|
1. Are flat, square
moldings that separate other moldings.
2. Are thin strips in a column between two flutings.
3. Form a concave junction between two adjoined
surfaces.
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Finger
Grip Router Bits
|
These
bits are used to carve drawer pull handles on
the front of drawers as well as cabinet doors. |
Finger
Joint |
Technique
for joining two pieces of wood. Thin wood fingerlike
extensions, are cut into the ends of two pieces
of wood. The interlocking pieces then form a
joint. When glued together, these extensions
form a level surface. |
Finger
Joint Router Bits |
Router
bits used to cut the interlocking extensions
for the finger joint. |
Flooring
Router Bits
|
Flooring
bits are used for cutting slots into wood flooring,
inlays and medallions. |
Flush
Trim Router Bits
|
Flush
trim bits are used to carve templates, patterns,
joints, and internal cuts. |
Fluted Moldings / Fluting
|
This is a design which
is made of adjoining, rounded, outwardly curved,
channels that follow in a pattern along the
length of the molding. |
Fluting
Router Bits
|
Fluting
bits carve the fluted molding designs into the
molding. |
Frame
and Panel
|
Also know as "Stile
and Rail". This technique is used to create
doors, wainscoting, along with adding decorative
features to cabinets, homes and furniture. |
Furniture
Molding Router Bits
|
See
molding router bits.
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Grooving
& Engraving
|
Produce crisp, clean cuts in
wood to create detailed patterns, words, seals
etc.
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Guttering
Router Bits
|
See Cove Router Bits.
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Handrail
Router Bits
|
These
bits are for detailing handrails.
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Holz
BG Tested (Anti- Kickback) |
The German Woodworking
Trade Association established rules for
the wood and plastic industries regarding the
designing, manufacturing and use of cutting
tools. |
Intumescent
Recessors
|
These bits are used to inlay
intumescent strips. See also Slot Cutting Router
Bits.
|
Joinery
|
Creating woodworking
pieces using an array of joint- making techniques.
|
Joinery
Router Bits
|
Bits
used to carve the connecting, puzzle-like, pieces
of the joint-making process. |
Keyhole
Router Bits
|
The
keyhole router bit is used to cut keyhole shaped
slots into plaques, picture frames and other
hanging woodworks.
|
Keyhole
Slotter
|
See Keyhole Router bits.
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Kickback
|
This is when the wood
or material being cut jams the blade causing
pieces to be thrown back toward the user. |
Letter
Making Router Bits
|
Letter
making bits are used to create letters for professional
signs. |
Lonnie
Bird |
Lonnie
Bird is a well-known, professional woodworker
and tool designer. |
MDF
|
Medium-density fiberboard.
This is a man-made wood product. It is formed
by breaking down softwood into wood fibers.
The fibers are then combined with wax and a
hydrocarbon secretion to form boards. |
MDF
Router Bits
|
Router
bits that are capable of properly cutting and
carving MDF wood boards. |
Miniature
Router Bits |
Miniature
bits are used for a variety of small scale woodworking
pieces. |
Molding
or Moulding
|
1. Forming, making
or shaping an object.
2. A strip of wood, plaster or any other material
that may be carved and used as a decoration
or a finish.
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Moldboard
|
Is wood used for making
concrete forms. |
Molding
Router Bits
|
These bits are used
to create decorative moldings and trim. |
Mortise
|
These are slots, carved
into a piece of wood. These slots will interlock
with tenons carved into the adjoining piece
of wood to form a dovetail joint. |
Mortiser
|
Also known as Mortise Router
Bits.
|
Mortise
Router Bits
|
Mortise
bits are used to carve square shaped slots.
Typically used for hinges, lock sets and cutting
mortises. |
Mullion
|
A thin member forming
the dividing units of a door, window, or screen.
It is often used for decorative purposes.
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Muntin
|
Wooden or metal strips
separating the panes of glass in a sash. |
Multi-Form
Router Bit |
The
multi-form router bit is designed to cut a variety
of molding patterns, profiles and architectural
details. |
Ogee
Router Bits |
Ogee
bits are used to carve an S-shaped curve in
moldings and decorative designs. It has a convex
at the top which smoothly blends into a concave
at the bottom. |
Ovolo
|
A plunging version of Roundover
router bits or corner round bits.
|
Panel
Pilot Router Bits
|
This
bit is used to create openings in panels, windows,
drywall, and doors. Often used to trim materials
such as mica, veneer and other laminates. |
Paneling
|
A wall or ceiling finish
using pieces of wood or wood- like material. |
Plastic
Cutting Router Bits
|
These router bits are
specially designed to cut plastic materials. |
Plastic Router Bits
|
See plastic cutting
router bits |
Plastic
Spiral 'O' Flute Router Bits
|
Plastic
Spiral 'O' flute bits are designed to produce
smooth cuts in acrylic materials, plastics and
wood. |
Plunge
Form Router Bits
|
Plunge
routers and bits are perfect for deep surface
cuts. Ideal for freehand lettering and inlay
work. |
Plywood
Router Bits
|
These router bits are
specially designed for cutting plywood. |
Rabbeting
Router Bits |
These
bits are used to carve a step shaped pattern
in the wood. |
Radius Cutter
|
Also known as Corner Round Router
Bits.
|
Rebate
Cutters/Rebaters
|
Synonym for Rabbeting
Router Bits.
|
Rail
Router Bits |
See Stile and Rail
Router Bits. |
Raised
Panel Router Bits
|
These
bits are used with the stile and rail bits to
create a profiled edges on door panels. Raised
panel bits are available for both horizontal
and vertical profiles. |
Round
Over Router Bits |
Round
over bits are used to create rounded edges on
tables, chairs, cabinets and other furniture
and home fixtures.
|
Rout |
To remove excess material.
The act of using a router tool. |
Router Accessories
|
An object or device
which enhances the usefulness of the router
tool. |
Router
Bit Accessories
|
An
object or device which enhances the usefulness
of the router bits. |
Router Bit Profiles |
Shapes left in the
wood after cutting or carving the wood with
a specifically shaped router bit. |
Router
Bit Sets |
A
number of router bits used together to achieve
a specific woodworking task. For example the
Wainscot Wall Panel Router Bit Set includes
a number of router bits used for Wainscot Wall
Paneling. |
Router
Bits |
Pieces that attach
to a router tool, mainly used for cutting and
carving wood. Router bits come in a variety
of shapes and sizes. |
Router Cutter
|
Pieces of the router
tool which cuts or mills the wood. Synonym for
router bit. |
Router Lift
|
This device attaches
to your router table. It's function is to lower
and raise your router tool in relation to the
surface of the router table. Your router's motor
clamps to the body of the router lift. |
Router Mat
|
A soft piece of material
used to grip the wood. This helps to secure
the wood in place while routing. |
Router Table
|
The router sits upside
down on the table while the router bit protrudes
through a hole on the top. This provides a guide
fence ideal for panel & rail as well as
stile work.
|
Router Tools
|
High speed cutting
tools used for shaping and cutting wood. |
Signmaking
Router Bits |
Signmaking
bits are used to make professional signs in
conjunction with letter making router bits. |
Slot
Cutting Router Bits
|
Slot
cutting bits are used to cut slots into the
wood.
|
Solid
Surface Router Bits
|
These
bits are designed to rout solid surfaces used
to make: counter tops, floor tiles, bathroom
sinks, toilets, bathtubs, showers, vanity tops
etc... |
Spiral
Router Bits |
Spiral
bits are designed like a drill and are used
to make deep cuts to the surface of your wood
piece. |
Stairhousing
|
Joint method.
|
Stile & Rail |
See Frame
and Panel. |
Stile
and Rail Router Bits
|
These
bits are used for constructing panels and frames.
Often used for making cabinet frames and passage
doors, stile and rail bits also carve decorative
profiles and panel slots into the edge of a
door frame. The stile and rail bits come as
a set of 2, or as a single bit. |
Stile
Router Bits |
See Stile and Rail
Router Bits. |
Straight
Plunge Router Bits |
Straight
plunge bits are used for routing straight grooves,
rabbets, dados, joints, mortises, trimming material
or making a general cut. |
Straights
|
Synonym for Straight
Plunge Router Bits
|
Surface
Router Bits |
These bits are used
to cut the top level of a structure. |
Table
Edge Router Bits |
Used
to shape the hard edges of table parts. With
this bit you will reduce the visual thickness
of the table top, with a detailed edge. |
Tambour Door
|
This door is made using
slats--thin narrow flat strips of usually wood
or metal. These slats roll up and down a vertical
track. Tambour doors are usually found in cabinets
and entertainment centers. |
Tambour
Router Bits |
Tambour
bits are used to create tambour doors.
|
Template
Router Bit
|
Template
bits are designed to make routing along with
a woodworking template easy. |
Tenon |
These are tapered,
fan-shaped, teeth like, protrusions carved into
a piece of wood. These protrusions will interlock
with mortises carved into the adjoining piece
of wood to form a dovetail joint. |
Tongue-and- Groove
Joint |
This joint is often
used for wood paneling, flooring, parquet and
other similar woodworks. The joint is used to
fit 2 or more similar objects together edge-to-edge.
Each piece has a slot or "groove" cut all along
one edge, and a thin, deep ridge or "tongue"
shaped on the opposite edge. The then fit together
closely. |
Tongue-and-Groove
Router Bits |
These
joinery bits are used to create the tongue and
groove joint. |
Trim
Router Bits |
These
bits are fast turning, used with a handheld
trim router. They are ideal for making precise
cuts for smaller jobs.
|
Trim
Solid Carbide Router Bits |
These
bits cut precise, line designs on wooden and
laminate-covered surfaces. |
Trimmers
|
These bits are used to trim,
cut and shape lippings, timber and plastic laminate
edges. See also Flush Trim.
|
V
Groove Router Bits |
These
bits cut V shaped grooves into the wood. They
are also used for miter folds, signmaking and
lettering. |
V
Paneling Router Bits |
V
Paneling bits are used to create V groove paneling,
by cutting 2 separate pieces of wood that form
a V design when joined together . |
Wainscot
|
Wainscot is a wood
paneling décor that covers the lower 3-4 feet
of an interior wall. Can be plain, painted or
varnished wood. |
Wainscot Wall Panels |
Wainscot
and paneling add a visually aesthetic wall decor.
Paneling is used to cover an entire wall while
wainscot stops at the chair rail. |
Wainscot
Paneling Router Bits |
These
bits are used to carve decorative designs in
your wainscot wall panels. |
Weatherseal
Profile Router Bits |
Weatherseal
bits are used to re-groove window and door frames
in order to create a slot for insulating inserts. |
Window
Edge Router Bits
|
These
bits are used for shaping the edges of window
frames and ledges. |
Window
Sash |
Is
the framework in which the glass panes of a
window or door are set. |
Window
Sash Router Bits
|
Window
sash bits are designed to cut sash window frames
and glass door parts. This includes: rails,
stiles, mullions and muntins. |
Wood
Router Bits |
Router bits used for
cutting, carving and shaping pieces of wood. |
Wood Routers
|
Machines with a revolving
vertical spindle and cutter. Used for shaping
the surface of wood. |
Woodworking
|
The process of carving,
milling, building and creating objects using
wood. |
Woodworking
Router Bits
|
Woodworking bits are
used to shape, trim and cut woodworks such as
furniture |
Woodworking Templates |
These are patterns,
or molds in the form of thin boards or plates.
Templates are used as a guide for the construction
of an object using wood. |