Late in the day yesterday, I was given the dimensions for the next phase of the wall panel job that I was working on last week. I wasn't expecting it so soon. This caught me out a little because I had just swapped in my back-up 1" diameter bit. The first one was used enough when I started, that it didn't make it to the end. The second one did more than half of the first phase. Since this came up so quickly, I needed another backup. I went to the office guy, who orders stuff like this for me, to see what Amazon could get me quickly.
The Amana that I normally order couldn't be there early enough, so we took a chance on a Yonico. It is a 1 1/4" diameter and 5/8" cut length. That's a little more load on the motor, but the depth would be good enough for this project.
It came before 8am and I gave it a try. It did great. That was a lot of cutting. It made 2 entire 26 liter bags full of dust.
It's a rather odd looking bit though? It has a very long shank, like it is intended for bowl making? but there is no radius, which I would expect in that case. The really funny looking thing is that the shank is 60mm long and it has an "insertion depth" marking that is less than 5mm from the head.
I don't have a router that can handle that much shank, and I wonder who does? Seems like a mis-mark from something with a much more normal shank?
