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Your cart is empty.Whiteside Machine Company has been in the router bit business for over 30 years providing customer with quality products while at the same time striving to achieve complete customer satisfaction. Several woodworking magazines have tested Whiteside versus the competition and selected Whiteside as the winner for best router bits available in the market. Whiteside Machine Company was founded in 1970 as a general purpose machine shop in the basement of Bill & Bobbie Whiteside's home. Located in Western North Carolina near the furniture manufacturing town of Hickory, the company was often involved in making repairs or special parts for the furniture and woodworking field. A strong commitment to customer problem-solving, a can-do attitude, and innovative ideas, along with a growing core of dedicated employees, helped the business evolve into a manufacturer of woodworking equipment and tooling. Primarily through repeat business and referrals, the tooling business continued to grow to meet a demand for quality production router bits as well as custom application tooling. Today, Whiteside Machine occupies a 40,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility and produces a complete line of solid carbide and carbide tipped router bits. Whiteside's quality, innovation, and customer commitment is still present in our superb product line, in the design of custom tooling to fill special customer requirements, and in the development of special machinery and tooling for our own manufacturing use. As always, Whiteside Machine is continuously striving to improve our product through new technology, improved production techniques, and ongoing research and development efforts; along with rigid quality control, vital customer feedback and extensive field testing. Whiteside Machine Company.
John G from CT
Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2025
Well made and cut smoothly. Only used once so don’t have a lot of experience with this bit but I am expecting a long life for this bit.
T. David Thomas
Reviewed in the United States on July 7, 2024
I needed a round nose bit to make an architectural detail on a project for a client and this bit was perfect. I've used several different brands of router bits and the Whiteside brand has never let me down. This bit was no different. It had next day shipping so it was more economical to get it through Amazon than try and find one local then have to go pick it up. Great products and fast delivery makes Amazon my go to when I find myself needing a specific item quickly.
Don W.
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2024
This is my first purchase of a Whiteside bit. I'm using it on my CNC to create bowls in ash and walnut. It can be a challenge choosing bits given the broad range of prices. You can easily spend a fortune on a high quality bit. Typically quality and price go hand in hand, but once in a while you find a product that hits the sweet spot and delivers on both.What I like:1. It's a carbide cutter and it leaves a smooth finish on softer hardwoods like ash.2. It's well balanced and has performed well at a range of speeds and feeds.3. It's a larger bit and can be run more aggressively to rough in the shapes.4. It arrived well packaged with it's edges protected.5. I've had no issues with corrosion on the bits during the wetter seasons.It took a minute to dial in the right settings, like any other new bit, but I'm planning to test more of the bits from Whiteside after my positive experience with these bits.
Andrew Raczkowski
Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2024
The generic bits with keyboard soup names are fine if you have to hog something out and don’t care what it looks like, or if you have time and ambition to spend cleaning it up. But if you need a good finish, Whiteside is among the best.
Customer
Reviewed in the United States on May 12, 2023
It is a good looking router bit I haven't been able to use it yet because of other projects I've got going on but it looks like it's built really well.
ORION 7
Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2023
This is a very sharp bit . Works flawlessly.
A. Beauto
Reviewed in the United States on September 13, 2022
It seems like no matter how many router bits you have there's always another one you need for that special cut. Such was the case when I wanted to cut a relief on the underside of some slide-out shelves. I could have used a straight bit but then I wouldn't have the smooth and shapely curve that I wanted. A round-nose bit was the only thing I could use.Whiteside is my favorite router bit brand so I looked there first and of course found what I needed. Bit 1406 cuts a 3/8-inch radius on a 3/4-inch diameter and this makes a great size for finger holds. Whiteside packaged it in their regular envelope with protective goo around the cutting surface so the bit came to me intact.Usually I use 1/2" shank bits for their increased stability and strength, but sometimes those bits are too long and I can't set the cut depth shallow enough. Because of this I decided on shorter bit with a 1/4" shank. You can see my router setup in the accompanying photos. The workpiece is a double-stack of 3/4" MDF that I glued together and finish cut to size. For the finger-relief cut I made a couple stop blocks to limit the width of the relief and clamped them to the workpiece. I made the relief cut in several passes using my plunge router installed on an edge guide. The cuts came out clean and precise, just as you expect from a high-quality Whiteside bit.The other images show the shelf with the completed cut finished in sanding sealer, then all four shelves in gloss black paint. I'm using Blum slides with quick-release catches and you can see two of the shelves installed in the cabinet.The finger relief cuts I made with this Whiteside router bit make it easy and comfortable to pull the shelf out and even though you probably will never see them on the undersides of low shelves it is these sorts of details that make the difference between an OK piece and a great piece.Like all Whiteside bits, this one is made in USA.
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