What bits should I buy for my spindle?

[EddyCurrent]

I cut wood but not mdf, these cutters perform well for me; https://www.toolstation.com/shop/Pow...er+Bits/sd2579
Sometimes I use them for the roughing cuts and follow up with 4 flute solid carbide ball nose (3D work)

[Desertboy]

Mate bought me a set of these from Aldi for a £10 yesterday in store
https://www.aldi.co.uk/workzone-rout...SABEgLc5_D_BwE

Hopefully they will be of some use

Checking out bangood now ;)

I love how Banggood use the standard ebay text "Please allow 1-3mm error due to manual measurement. please make sure you do not mind before you bid." it's more amusing because banggood isn't an auction site lol.

1-3mm tolerance on a 3mm cutter lol we all know it's just their standard text but it always make me smile.

e2a bought this for a start will order some more shortly.


Paid a bit extra for quick shipping on the 2 flute cutters but the engraving bits will come in normal post.

[Boyan Silyavski]

Banggood are a very good deal. Dont worry, they want to say that about the length normally, not the tolerance

Solid carbide from there are very good and possible best price around.

[Desertboy]

I bought 2 flute slot drills for now

2*3mm, 2*6mm, 1*2mm (Was cheap), also a 6pc ball mill set 0.5mm to 3mm and a 10pc engraving set.

I saw this and laughed lol
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYfJeg41t3M

Was eyeing this up
https://www.banggood.com/400R-50-22-...ft-hotproducts

[Boyan Silyavski]

That could be laughable nowadays but still valid if you are in a hurry to make a foam cutting bit or similar. But, yeah, who uses HSS at all today...

However its good to know how to properly sharpen drill bits and there was a russian guys channel where he was showing how to sharpen the big drill bits like 30-50mm where they have more complex geometry