Who makes Lee Valley's router bits?
Carlton
them before and if so with good results? I was reading their bit description
and they claim 600x diamond ground carbide. The prices seems pretty good
compared to Freuds (with whom I've had good success with).
Maybe Mr. Lee can answer this one. :-)
Thanks.
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question. She said something like - they are gotten from a foreign
manufacturer. One that other companies use. She doesn't claim they are
highest quality. They are good quality for a reasonable price.
Preston
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Larry Jaques
<pand...@texas.net> put this to papyrus:
>Check Deja News or whatever it is now. Robin Lee responded to that
>question. She said
HE is not going to like that, Preston. =:^0
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> >Check Deja News or whatever it is now. Robin Lee responded to that
> >question. She said
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> HE is not going to like that, Preston. =:^0
Did RL have an operation?
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I used several over the years including the two piece rail and stile
set,the vertical and horizontal panel raisers,dovetails,straight
cutters etc and I've always been pleased with the results. I've also
used Freud and Delta and they compare favourably with these in edge
holding ability IMO.
Hope this helps,
Hal
On Tue, 06 Mar 2001 16:06:21 GMT, remove*carl...@home.com (Carlton)
wrote:
Robin Lee
Given that "Google" (love the search engine - hate the USENET access) has
taken over Deja, I'll post a copy of what I replied many many moons ago.
To put it in context - the reply was in reference to a question following
the Fine Woodworking router bit "reveiw".
Hope this helps.
Rob Lee
Lee Valley
Original DEJA MSG ID
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Hi,
I guess I must have missed your previous post - I do try to respond to all
inquiries made in rec.ww .
Our router bits are made by a Taiwanese manufacturer, to our specifications.
This manufacturer makes several quality levels of bits (some really good,
some not so!). We specify CNC grinding, with either a 400X or 600X finish
grind - his highest quality level. The factory is ISO 9002 certified.
When you're buying a router bit (or any other product for that matter) what
you're really buying is the support and service of the company you buy from.
No one in this business (for the long term anyway) wants to sell you
something once - we all want you as a customer for a long time.
We feel our router bits hit the price/performance point that provides
excellent value for the majority of our customers. Are they the best bits?
It depends on what you're looking for - we're very pleased with them!
As I've said before (in this forum) there are several manufacturers of good
quality bits - Dimar (Amana in US, made in Israel), CMT (Italy) and Jesada
(US), to name a few. All of these hit different price/performance points.
In the recent FWW router bit test, at least 5 of the bits (possibly seven)
from different retail companies came from the same manufacturing plant.
Some of these were high grade, some were low grade. FWW certainly found
differences!
As a consumer, it's increasingly difficult to judge who "really"
manufactures all their bits, and at which quality level. As an example, take
a bit (say a red one) - do you really know where it's made??? A given bit
(say 1/4 straight) may come from two or more factories, in two or more
countries within a short period of time - just depends on who quoted a lower
price for that run!
Sorry to be so long winded, but there's no easy answer to your question!
Cheers,
Rob Lee
VP Marketing
Lee Valley Tools Ltd.
Preston Andreas
Preston
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Owen Lowe
Andreas" <pand...@texas.net> wrote:
> OUCH! don't know what I was thinking or typing.
Got Hartle on the brain?
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this to papyrus:
>In article <scAp6.73710$nL5.4...@news3.aus1.giganews.com>, "Preston
>Andreas" <pand...@texas.net> wrote:
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>> OUCH! don't know what I was thinking or typing.
>
>Got Hartle on the brain?
Yes, there's no doubt he had a Hartle-on.
Owen Lowe
<lja...@diversify.com> wrote:
> Yes, there's no doubt he had a Hartle-on.
Booo, that's pretty poor punning.