Tools Review - Must Have for DIY Projects!

[@redhornet07]

Good gawd!! That bit looks like a medieval torture device! Seems to cut veeeerrrryy nicely though.

[@HewAndAwe]

Oh for sure, when I said later how it felt like I wasn’t having to push I wasn’t lying, well impressed with it!!!

[@dainermade]

I think I’ll be be buying that beasty for my new set up 🎉

[@HewAndAwe]

Buying, you can review it bud…

[@dainermade]

@@HewAndAwe and pinch your thumbnail 😆 it’s doing well

[@HewAndAwe]

@dainermade the bane of my life thumbnails 😔

[@FixitFingers]

@@HewAndAwe once I build me new router table and lift I also feel the need to return to banbad reviews :P They are so hit and miss, but that bit looks chonky AF!

[@HewAndAwe]

@@FixitFingers may I suggest the triton router mate, it has a lift built in 👍

[@spycedezynuk]

I got some of the cheap orange plastic corner clamps off Amazon. They’re pretty good, dead square but no through holes but a couple of squeeze clamps works great. Pretty good as a second pair of hands more than an actual clamp clamp

[@HewAndAwe]

The reason I stay away from the plastic ones is the flex though, I’ve got a couple…

[@martinfletcher2729]

I purchased the same beast of a router bit about nine months ago. My first test was to freehand route into a piece of 25mm thick particle board with the router (not inverted). It was scary because it ate up the particle board without any resistance. The next test some time later was to straight trim a gnarly piece of timber that was 2400 long against a straight mdf board. It is like cutting through butter. I have a spiral cutter in my thicknesser but not my surface planer so to be able to create a straight edge on a figured (fiddleback) board without breakout is fantastic. They are available on a few of the Chinese sites. Be aware that they may leave the tiniest of little ridges where the cutters overlap, it takes 10 seconds to clean up. Brilliant cutter.

[@HewAndAwe]

Freehand in a router??? Titanium balls my friend!!!

[@martinfletcher2729]

@@HewAndAwe it was a makita 3hp router, and eventually I was confident to not only freehand route an edge but also to route straight into the board. As you found, there was very little resistance as the router bit efficiently removed the material. I have been woodworking for over 50 years, I have multiple routers. It was not what I was expecting

[@HewAndAwe]

Burning question, did you try a climb cut with it???

[@martinfletcher2729]

@@HewAndAwe I would only do a climb cut with a trimmer with a small cutter. I wouldn't recommend anyone freehand cut with the beast except in the most controlled circumstances because, as you are suggesting, if you accidently started moving the router in a climb cut manner then with power of the router and the mass of the router bit it would get nasty. One other comment I forgot with my original post was that there are several different options for cutter height. The one I purchased is 80mm (without bearings) this become problematic if you wish to use the bottom bearing on the template as you can't adjust your router high enough to ensure the top bearing isn't also in play.

[@HewAndAwe]

@martinfletcher2729 would be like a lightsaber having a fit 😆

[@einy2crikey]

I like big bits and i cannot lie You other woodworkers can't deny When a bloke walks in with an itty bitty bit And a round thing in their router, you get wood Wanna pull up tough 'cause you notice that bit was stuffed

[@HewAndAwe]

LMFAO!!!! Best answer so far!!!! 🍻🍻🍻

[@paulbanks8583]

I like the pattern bit what a beast. I must admit I'm not a fan of the corner clamps they look like a pain in the backside to set up and then if there not square what's the point 🙄 as for the height gauge I'll stick with my digital one and just take the battery out if I'm not using it for a while.shame I forgot last time and now need to change the battery 😔

[@HewAndAwe]

They’re never the batteries you have kicking around either 😔

[@YTubeSDD]

Were those corner clamps equally out of square if you measure on the outside, since that's the side you put against the inside joint of the cabinet or box? Seems possible that the outside might be milled to be square and they didn't bother with the inside.

[@HewAndAwe]

No they weren’t equal, and the outsides were reflective of how out they were on the inside.

[@germcrazyshokoff3623]

Whether this dude’s deadpan attitude is real or put on, I’m all in. Especially because it comes with an accent of some sort or another.

[@HewAndAwe]

No, it’s real. And I’m British. 👍

[@smorgasbord42]

That router bit looks to be using a Spiral geometry. That is, the cutters are laid out in a spiral pattern, which helps with noise and vibration. However, even better is a Helical geometry, where the cutters are additionally angled relative to the direction of cut. This is what gives that shearing action that reduces tear-out further. The geometry for helical is more complex to calculate, but for tools you expect to be using a lot and for a long time, might be worth the extra money. The cutters are themselves the same.

[@HewAndAwe]

Till now I didn’t know that 👍

[@michaelwillson6847]

That's a very impressive shank 😮 the heads not bad either. I think a seen this a few months back on American channel scared shit out me. Seems cut like a dream. I also suspect you'd be able buy carbide turning tool replacement blades depending the size probably cheaper aswell. For the clamping squares i got a box of 10 from Rutland's month or so ago there rigid plastic totally square work really well think they was only 15 quid worth a look 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍

[@HewAndAwe]

The plastic ones flex though…

[@michaelwillson6847]

@@HewAndAwe I've not pushed them to hard yet but they've been solid. THey do aluminium ones aswell a reckon they'll be half the price of the bangood ones worth a look 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿👍🤔 oh check your emails need favour if poss

[@MokuzaiDesign]

I think I’ll hold on that bit… looks like it’s begging for a fight 😂

[@HewAndAwe]

Not gonna lie, I was a little apprehensive especially not know what speed it should be run at! But really is just like using the planer with the same head, no worries.

[@oliverganf]

Hi what's the router bit make. Thanks Oli

[@HewAndAwe]

The link is in the description dude 👍

[@AlexLucard]

Thank you for the video, but could you sound a little less depressed next time

[@HewAndAwe]

One or two vids time, I’ll be sure to shout you out.

[@alandesgrange9703]

New part number for that bit. #finger remover 3000.

[@HewAndAwe]

Lmao!!! 🤣

[@HewAndAwe]

I don’t fancy that freehand in a router!

[@Nedswoodworks]

I bought the same type of clamps from Temu and funny enough they were good aye. Luck of the draw by the look of it. That bit is more than a beast…it’s massive. Cheers ⚓️🫡🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@HewAndAwe]

I’m gonna try some from somewhere else, but defo not Temu, they have a really bad rep! Surprised to hear anyone rate their stuff to be honest!

[@Nedswoodworks]

@@HewAndAwe I think they all come out of the same factory, just different boxes. Mine came exactly like the ones you had aye…. Unless your getting Woodpecker you buying from the same shop, whether that be bangggod or Temu or whatever replica company aye. Cheers Ben.

[@HewAndAwe]

@Nedswoodworks …the prices are so massively different though!

[@Nedswoodworks]

@@HewAndAwe agree mate makes you wonder what the markup on the gear is aye compared to the cost of making. Cheers mate.

[@HewAndAwe]

Makes me wonder wtf they’re paying staff too 😬

[@anthonyseiver7000]

The thumbnail looked like the hand was used to, perhaps even comfortable with, being close to thick, stubby rough bits.

[@HewAndAwe]

Sorry Anthony, you’ve lost me, come again? 😬

[@anthonyseiver7000]

@HewAndAwe sorry typo. The image of the hand being so close to the large bit suggested it was comfortable being near large bits (in the rude sense). Yeah, it was funnier in my head...

[@HewAndAwe]

@@anthonyseiver7000 lmao!!! Good call 😂😂😂

[@NPOAfterMidnight-ft9zj]

That’s really disappointing on the corner clamps not being square. I have 4 pairs of each size and all of them are dead-on, woodpeckers square checked, accurate.

[@HewAndAwe]

I’m not sure, I think the above ones would be too fiddly and annoying so not a loss. The woodpeckers I hear aren’t I’m just not paying their over inflated prices on something we know is manufactured for a tenth of the cost.

[@fathogwoodworking]

Wow that’s a beast of a router bit.

[@HewAndAwe]

I was well surprised when I whipped it out, so was the router!

[@dpmeyer4867]

wow

[@HewAndAwe]

Cheers dude 👍

[@bamsebrumbamsebrumen5403]

Duh, I do not understand why they do not sell those depth-meters with indicator clocks, like those one can find to callipers, the digital variants always have a flat battery when one grab them, should be a law aginst flat batteries 😁

[@HewAndAwe]

VERY good point, I hadn’t thought of that! That would be the by far best option!!!

[@bmacaulay18]

1400 rpm? You sure about that? I don’t have a router that will go that slow.

[@HewAndAwe]

Oops, missing a zero 14000 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@darrylbrook5968]

I run mine in my shapere....

[@HewAndAwe]

Cause you don’t have a router table or?

[@juyhfrty]

Your digital depth gauge has a scale on it, am I missing something - can’t you use it as a non digital, it’ll be useable to within half a mill which is close enough for nearly any standard routing task? Re batteries, I know your pain. I have a set of expensive Mitutoyo callipers, for engineering, I use those (as you did on the vid) to set depth and use them on the saw and router. As I only need one digital item therefore, I only have one battery to worry about. The trick is, I always have a new battery in the box ready for it. When it goes in, I put another in the box straight away or if I’ve run out, order some more there and then as plenty of time as new one just put in. They last around a year. Just ordered one of the ‘big cock’ cutters, mines bigger than yours etc, did it through your link so BG should see it. It’ll go into the big triton router for quick jobs as saves changing / setting up the spindle moulder. The price of it now makes that do-able

[@HewAndAwe]

Dude, I’m at a point now I’m breaking out the magnifying glass or the bi-nock-ularrrs! Desperately need new glasses to, but they’re not in budget… a nice big digital display is like a posh…. W@&£! To me these days.

[@mitrepoocify]

For the algorithm....

[@HewAndAwe]

Cheers buddy 🍻🍻🍻

[@adrian-mu3jr]

Yes, not square squares from banggood makes for a great little… hmm annoying milling project

[@HewAndAwe]

Great cutter though!

[@tomowens2720]

You’ll find that those types of corner clamps are fiddling nightmares. Better to make your own from plywood with holes large enough to use with squeeze clamps. One handed use, no nightmare.

[@HewAndAwe]

Do you mean quick clamps dude?