Infinity Cutting Tools worked with British furniture restorers to develop a set of router bits based on profiles often found on late 17th- and early 18th-century English furniture. Of course, the original details would have been cut with molding planes, but these router bits can replicate a few of the shapes common to furniture from the William and Mary period, a style popular in Great Britain about 20 years before it came into fashion in North America. Using the bits, you can create profiles typically found on a William and Mary style highboy—the cornice, drawer divider, and waist moldings, in particular.

In the Architectural Profile Set, there are 11 router bits (profiles A through K) of varying shapes and sizes, also available individually for $30 to $60. All of the bits come with 1/2-in. shanks and two carbide cutters, and they’re fashioned from anti-kickback designs. Three bits (profiles A, J, and K) are equipped with ball bearings. For safety, the manufacturer recommends that you use the bits in a router-table setup, not with a handheld router.

—Philip C. Lowe runs The Furniture Institute of Massachusetts

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