Infinity Cutting Tools is selling a set of router bits based on the “Ten Essential Router Bits” described in an article by Gary Rogowski featured in Fine Woodworking #186. As described in that article, the 10-bit set accommodates the most common tasks a woodworker will encounter when using a router or router table, from joinery to template work to creating profiles.

All of the bits in the kit have 1/2-in. shanks, except for the 1/4-in. straight bit. The $200-kit contains a rabbeting bit with seven bearings to handle a range of sizes, a 1/2-in. flush-trimming bit for template routing, a 1/4-in. solid-carbide straight bit, a 1/2-in. straight bit, a dovetail bit, a three-wing slot cutter, a chamfer bit, a 3/8-in. radius cove bit, a 1/4-in. radius roundover bit, and a 3/8-in. solid-carbide spiral bit.

Photo: Kelly J. Dunton

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