Plow Router Bit?

[alltracman78]

I saw a mention of a plow router bit on FB. I couldn't find any info on one.
Does anyone know what they are? Picture?

I know what a plow plane is. Wondering on a router bit specifically?

 

[luvmytoolz]

I suspect they might be referring to a surface planer cutter like this one?

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[alltracman78]

I don't think so?
They were using it to cut shapes out of wood. I don't know if they were referring to a specific spiral bit or not? Someone else mentioned using a spiral bit and they replied with "plow bit".

 

[Crazyraceguy]

I suppose that not having some standardized terminology, there will always be some confusion.
Then you add the complexity of international communication.

In the US at least, we differentiate dado from groove by grain direction, though otherwise they are the same. I believe the first time I heard the term "trench" (related to woodworking) was in a YouTube video by Peter Parfit.  Seems like another of those things that are said differently in the UK, but have enough of the same meaning that you understand.
There are others too. In the US the thing we would call a router bit, would be a cutter in the UK.
We also refer to the machine that turns drill bits as a drill and, as far as I know, they drop the bit part in the UK. A drill is the cutting part. (the machine is a drill motor?)

Here we would use trench to mean a narrow groove dug in the ground, to bury a cable or pipe, usually filled back in. Left open would be a ditch.
None of this is set in stone, just general common usage, possibly even regional

In this context, it seems like they are referring to a fairly small diameter straight bit?

 

[derekcohen]

I saw a mention of a plow router bit on FB. I couldn't find any info on one.
Does anyone know what they are? Picture?

I know what a plow plane is. Wondering on a router bit specifically?

I suspect that the poster was a little confused. Probably what was intended was to state that a router plane was used to create a groove (or plough/plow a groove), which it is capable of doing (after the boundary lines are knifed in). I often use a router plane to clear out a dado or sliding dovetail...

Regards from Perth

Derek

 

[alltracman78]

I saw a mention of a plow router bit on FB. I couldn't find any info on one.
Does anyone know what they are? Picture?

I know what a plow plane is. Wondering on a router bit specifically?

I suspect that the poster was a little confused. Probably what was intended was to state that a router plane was used to create a groove (or plough/plow a groove), which it is capable of doing (after the boundary lines are knifed in). I often use a router plane to clear out a dado or sliding dovetail...

Regards from Perth

Derek

That makes sense, however in this particular case they were referencing a router bit. Pictures (of router doing the work) and all.

CRG was correct, it was a regular straight bit; just a difference in terminology.