Amana Tool - 45475-S Carbide Tipped Flush Trim Plunge Template 3/8 Dia x 1/4 Sh

These are great for the first couple of minutes. The bearings will fall apart in literally two or three minutes, and if you’re lucky, you won’t ruin your project. Start with a larger bit and bearing , and clean up your work with this bit. That way you can get at least part of it done before the bearings go bad.

awesome bit perfect for 1/2 thick Jigs , my only complaint is the box it came in ..... Really Amazon a 8x 14 x 7 box! did we run out of envelops

The project Im working on requires that the bearing and the cutter be the exact same size..... The cutter is .005 smaller than the bearing causing too tight of a fit of the finger joints Im trying to fabricate.... Other than that the quality was very good....

I was very excited to use this new bit. I started out by using another bit to remove all but maybe 1/4” deep then I was going to use my new bit to make the final pass. Plunged the bit in, made my cut and when I pulled up the router I saw the piece of blade among the sawdust in the new cut. It was maybe a 1/4” of wood, cut inside a small bow tie template and broke the first time, probably within 30 seconds. I’m disappointed because I have many templates that a need this small template bit for. Really hoping to find something i can use.

Used this to make dutchmans to fill in for where door hinges were. Good product for the money

This is my first Amana router bit, and wont be the last. Great carbide. Very sharp. I used in a pattern cut I was making for my grandson. Very clean. One of the shortest overall length router bits I have used too. Used it in a Bosch Colt router.

So I initially not happy because the cutting edge didn’t go all the way to the bearing… so if you have a thin template you can only cut about a 1/16” before stopping to trim the “lip” formed between the bearing and the cutting edge. Annoying, but not a deal breaker. Until the thing just snapped in half! I was routing an existing cavity slightly larger and wasn’t using much pressure. Maybe I just got a defective one, but I doubt it. The broken shaft was hollow!

Decided I wanted to have smaller radius edges on a set of stairs I was building vs the somewhat boring bullnose treads you usually see. This bit held up for 4 stair stringers to cut the small radius to fit the treads into. Did a great job and the results were worth the extra work!

I bought 2 of these bits wich was tough to swallow at that price point but i needed to clean out some corners on a hardwood project and wanted an easier way than chisel... bit dulled almost instantly, bit snapped at the bearing before i could clean the first corner. Grabbed the second one and it lasted till 3rd corner and also snapped.... my other amana bits are great but these have a weak link

Should preface that mesquite is the wood being used to review this bit, but it only lasted for about an hour of cumulative use before the bearing was no longer reliable. Will still serve just fine in the router table taking tiny bites on pieces that can use the fence as a guide, but wont be using this one for template work anymore.