Hello All:
I do a lot of slot mortising. Years ago I read a tip about buying spiral end mill bits to use as mortising bits. They can be had cheap and seem like a perfect alternative. I have a whole box of Hanita HSS end mills that I got on ebay and they worked great... until today. Looks like it had a small crack that led eventually to catastrophic failure. Not sure how much use this one had on it. Even though I still have quite a few brand new ones I may toss them all and go with real router bits. Price of good bit is a lot less than a copay at the ER.
Boy I'm glad it didn't impale me.
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