Whiteside Router Bit sets offer you the convenience of uniting the bits you need in one place -- and kept protected in a sturdy plastic case. You can use the bits on either a router table or a hand-held unit.
The Whiteside 401 Basic Router Kit contains seven superb, premium carbide router bits that are precision ground for proper balance at high RPM. The selection of bits is intended to include bits for many of the common situations you will encounter: 1/4" and 1/2" straight double flute bits; 1 1/2" flush trim bit; a 3/8" roundover bit and its opposite 3/8" cove bit; a 3/8" x 1/2" rabbeting bit; and a 45° chamfer bit. All the bits have a 1/2" shank.
The Whiteside 402 Basic Router Kit also consists of seven superb, premium carbide router bits that you'll reach for again and again, but their shank is 1/4": 1/4" and 1/2" straight double flute bits; 1/2"x 1” flush trim bit; a 3/8" roundover bit and its opposite 3/8" cove bit; 1/2” rabbeting bit; and a 45° chamfer bit. All the bits have a 1/4" shank.
The Whiteside 470 Undersize Plywood 3 Piece Dado Set enables you to cut dados in typically undersize plywood with precision and ease. Make perfect dados and grooves with no tearout in plywood joinery, cabinetmaking and casework. Get the nice, tight fit you want without chatter or burn marks.
The 3 piece set consists of the following straight 2-flute dado bits: 7/32” (¼” plywood), 15/32” (½” plywood); 23/32” (¾” plywood). All the bits have a 1/2" shank.
Details for Set 401:
| | Dia. | Cut Lg. | O'All | WS Part | Notes |
| Straight | 1/4" | 3/4" | 2-5/8" | #1058 | Incra |
| Straight | 1/2" | 1-1/4" | 2-7/8" | #1067 | Leigh #160 |
| Flush Trim | 1/2" | 1" | 3-1/4" | #2405 | B3 Bearing |
| 3/8" Roundover | 1-1/4" | 5/8" | 2-3/8" | #2008 | |
| 3/8" Cove | 1" | 1/2" | 2-1/4" | #1804 | B3 bearing |
| 3/8" x 1/2" Rabbeting | 1 1/4" | 1/2" | 2-3/8" | #1901 | B3 bearing |
| 45° Chamfer | 7/16" (cut. len.) | 5/8" | 2-1/4" | #2305 | |
For over 30 years Whiteside Machine Company has manufactured best quality router-bits and we are proud to offer an exceptionally wide selection of their catalog. Combine them with your Festool router, or router table and you have a professional quality solution not only for shaping, but for joinery, grooving, copying templates, and even making the kid a custom set of wooden train tracks.
Flag waving aside, the real reason to purchase a Whiteside router-bit is because the hands down top quality of their product. Their router bits feature innovations such as concave ground cutting edges, whose sole purpose is to improve product quality, not simplify a production process, or shave a few cents per bit in manufacturing cost. Whiteside is a company who would rather build their own proprietary machinery, than settle for what's available, and with over 200 years of collective experience in their grinding room alone, they have the chops to pull it off. What that means for your woodworking is not having to worry about endlessly sanding out machine marks. It means not having to worry that a pre-maturely dull bit will tear out the grain. It means you can push your bit through the wood with the confidence of knowing that the folks who made your router bit cared as much about their product, as you care about yours.
Whiteside Machine is a family owned and operated business based in Claremont, North Carolina.
Fine Woodworking magazine had this to say about Whiteside in their May June 2007 Router-bit review: "At the end of the day, the Whiteside and the Eagle bits had risen to the top of the mix, tying for the highest score. Lee Valley had the second-highest score, followed by Southeast and Woodtek in a tie for third. By the way, Whiteside also had the best bit when we reviewed straight bits in our August 1999 issue (FWW #137). We named the Eagle and Whiteside bits best overall. And, since the Whiteside had one of the lowest prices of the top bits, we also named it best value."
