My Build - I blame you lot for this....!

[John S]

Single flutes are the way to go, It's not so much chip load but space to get the chips out the way so you are not recutting chips.

Couple of people on Ebay selling Trend single flute router cutters in carbide.

I use these on Tufnol which is very abrasive and they last a long time.


Never tried Roy's 5 amp drivers as I have a load of the 7.8 amp Chinese drivers. Was running bastard Gecko 201's but these Chinese drives outperform them easily, better rapids, cooler running but best off all they don't blow up on switch on now that Marriss has now kindly admitted to on the zone.

[HiltonSteve]

Never tried Roy's 5 amp drivers as I have a load of the 7.8 amp Chinese drivers. Was running bastard Gecko 201's but these Chinese drives outperform them easily, better rapids, cooler running but best off all they don't blow up on switch on now that Marriss has now kindly admitted to on the zone.

Don't get me wrong, I am not saying that there is anything wrong with Roy's 5A drivers, just that if anyone is thinking of using them then make sure you keep them cool, maybe what I have done with the cooling is a bit over the top with the 2 x 120mm fans, I was only looking for one fan and found two so I thought I may as well stick them both in whilst I am at it.

But now they are cooler they run just fine.

I will have a hunt round on ebay and get myself some of those single flute cutters, they do sound like the way to go. Ta.!