Freud router bits- constantly letting me down

[fdengel]

I don't understand your point. Metric has nothing to do with it.

I've seen bits of various kinds that were made overseas based on metric standards sold here under the closest imperial size... Festool does this too to some extent, with the guide rails: they label the 1400mm one as 55", for example, when it would actually be 55.1181102"...  some retailers might list them in a confusing way.  For example, if it is listed like CPO does:

http://www.cpofestool.com/festool-491498-fs-1400-2-55-in--1400mm--guide-rail/fesn491498,default,pd.html?start=1&cgid=festool-guide-rails

They show it as: 55-in (1400mm) Guide Rail

How is one to know (if one doesn't know) that the 1400mm isn't an approximation of what is really a 55" rail, rather than the other way around?

There was a satellite that burned up in the atmosphere of Mars because some of the engineers were working in Imperial and others in Metric, and they forgot to convert some of the numbers: http://www.wired.com/thisdayintech/2010/11/1110mars-climate-observer-report/

Not saying that's what happened here, but that you got so close to 5.5mm leads me to wonder...

 

[mouppe]

Oh, I see what you are saying  but I didn't actually drill any holes, I was just using an analogy to show how undersized my 1/4" router bit was.

 

[Demetrius]

Hello Richard,
A lot of the cabinet shops here in Montreal are using the Dimar line.  I personally have used several of them and fine them to be of excellent quality.
Demetrius

 

[sancho57]

I use Inifinity or Woodline.

I have not been disappointed yet