Does anybody know the name of the type of router bit used to cut-out window openings when framing walls. In Japan they call it a straight-flush bit, but I can’t find the same bit anywhere on the net.
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Roto zip makes a 1/4" bit they call a "Door and window opening bit" It works OK, I don't know if i's much better than the standard 1/8 inch bit they make for drywall. The drywall bits have a smooth area at the end of the bit that acts as a guied along the framing. The standard bit has cutting edges all the way up.
http://www.wkonline.com/a/Rotozip_ZBWD8__Window_Door_Zip_Bit_B0000224P2.htm
Justus Koshiol
Running Pug Construction
http://www.vatool.com/Catalogs/bodytemps/201.asp?PSubName=ROUTER%20PRODUCTS&PSubNum=201&PFamName=1/4%22%20SHNK%20CARBIDE%20TIPPED%20ROUTE&PClassNum=2010106&UClassNum=281&UClassName=Professional%20Panel%20Pilot%20Bits
Ambiguous headline: SQUAD HELPS DOG BITE VICTIM
Flush trim would be what you're looking for, I think. Bearing on bottom of bit.
http://www.mlcswoodworking.com/shopsite_sc/store/html/smarthtml/pages/bt_flush.html
whiteside:
http://www.routerbits.com/cgi-routerbits/sr.cgi?1051802686_20761+34
or
http://www.routerbits.com/cgi-routerbits/sr.cgi?1051802686_20761+98
Whiteside are great bits, great carbide, they arent junky import bits.