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29/10/2006 1:10 PM

How to remove the coating from a new router bit?


What's the safest, most efficient way to remove that thick rubbery
coating from a Whiteside router bit?


This topic has 5 replies

J

in reply to [email protected] on 29/10/2006 1:10 PM

29/10/2006 10:14 PM

Thanks, Barry. Apparently, the ladies who had such a hard time with
this question really wanted to encourage a newbie to practice on a $70
bit. Because they were born knowing everything and never had to ask
anybody; they were using routers when they were in utero. That's why
they're famous and have their own TV shows. Or maybe because their
Chinese bits never cost over $5 so why not experiment? Try acetone, a
torch, sandpaper, it's only $5.


B A R R Y wrote:
> On 29 Oct 2006 13:10:17 -0800, [email protected] wrote:
>
> >
> > What's the safest, most efficient way to remove that thick rubbery
> >coating from a Whiteside router bit?
>
>
> I just slit it with my knife and peel it off.

Br

"Bill"

in reply to [email protected] on 29/10/2006 1:10 PM

31/10/2006 7:25 AM

On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 13:10:17 -0800, remod2006 wrote:

> What's the safest, most efficient way to remove that thick rubbery
> coating from a Whiteside router bit?

Hmmm ... apparently you were serious. The stuff will peel off with just
your fingernails ... no risk of harming either a $70 bit or a $5 one. It's
just a type of wax. Or you really could just run the bit and, if it didn't
fly off on its own, make a sample cut into a piece of wood. Wear eye
protection whenever running the router and especially when using the above
method for peeling off the protective wax.

Bill

TE

"The3rd Earl Of Derby"

in reply to [email protected] on 29/10/2006 1:10 PM

30/10/2006 12:12 AM

[email protected] wrote:
> What's the safest, most efficient way to remove that thick rubbery
> coating from a Whiteside router bit?

Same way you do with a latex rubber.

--
Sir Benjamin Middlethwaite


BA

B A R R Y

in reply to [email protected] on 29/10/2006 1:10 PM

29/10/2006 9:57 PM

On 29 Oct 2006 13:10:17 -0800, [email protected] wrote:

>
> What's the safest, most efficient way to remove that thick rubbery
>coating from a Whiteside router bit?


I just slit it with my knife and peel it off.

an

alexy

in reply to [email protected] on 29/10/2006 1:10 PM

30/10/2006 11:30 PM

"The3rd Earl Of Derby" <[email protected]> wrote:

>[email protected] wrote:
>> What's the safest, most efficient way to remove that thick rubbery
>> coating from a Whiteside router bit?
>
>Same way you do with a latex rubber.

Reading this immediately following the post that said:
:
:I just slit it with my knife and peel it off.

kinda makes me cringe!!
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Alex -- Replace "nospam" with "mail" to reply by email. Checked infrequently.


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