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   flairwoodworks | Mar 20, 2009 09:36am | #1

   Are you referring to Blue Tornado bits? I am curious to find out how they rate.

   Chris @ www.flairwoodwork.spaces.live.com
   (soon to be www.flairwoodworks.com)

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   eoinsgaff | Mar 20, 2009 01:51pm | #2

   Yes, blue tornado. I've an offer of a new set of 64 bits of a wide variety for about £110/€125/$160. The offer is good, if the bits are good. I'd like peoples opinion before I take the plunge.

   Eoin

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   BruceS | Mar 22, 2009 04:14pm | #7

   Lets put it this way.  How much can you expect from a $2.50 router bit.  The factory worker earned a bowl of rice, sucked down carbide dust and the factory is a very nongreen facility. The factory made a $1.00 a bit plus earning big bucks on the foriegn trade deficite.  The importer made $1.45 a bit and has three homes, a winter home in the Bahamas, one in the Midwest and a summer home in Vermont.  Sorry for the rant.Work Safe,  Count to 10 when your done for the day !!

   Bruce S. 

    

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   RalphBarker | Mar 21, 2009 12:41am | #6

   With that candy-apple blueberry color, it might be necessary to make art instead of furniture. ;-)

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   RonInOttawa | Mar 20, 2009 05:05pm | #3

   If you are referring to the new line of bits being sold by Busy Bee Tools in Canada, I have purchased two of them (1/4" roundover and Roman Ogee) with 1/2" shanks. Both of them seem to work as well as the Freud bits I replaced because of chips in the cutting edges caused by a sudden impact with concrete. The bits seem to be well balanced and the cuts are smooth. Their line of premium saw blades are also getting good reports but I have yet to find them in the store when I visit. "Sold Out. . .on backorder" is the standard story.

   Regards,

   Ron

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   eoinsgaff | Mar 20, 2009 06:58pm | #4

   The set I'm referring to is from Rutlands in the UK as per the below link. If the cutters are as good as you say they are its a great deal. 1/2 inch shank, 68 different types of cutter. Its almost too good to be true. Hence the query...

   Eoin

   http://www.rutlands.co.uk/cgi-bin/psProdDet.cgi/TR303

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   RonInOttawa | Mar 20, 2009 07:46pm | #5

   I agree that they look the same but that doesn't mean anything in today's world. I note that the description for one of the bits mentions it being introduced in 1998. At that time, Busy Bee was also selling a line of blue bits that were nowhere near as good as the current line. My only other caveat is that most router bit sets end up containing numerous bits that you never use.Regards,Ron

   Edited 3/20/2009 12:47 pm ET by RonInOttawa