Freud 04-108: 1/4 (Dia.) Double Flute Straight Bit, Pack of 1, Perma-shield Coating Red

I was able to complete the job i needed it for. But...I ran it at its recommend rpm and got alot of burning and the blade went dull fast or was very dull to start with. Felt like I got a bad since it was burning the wood from the time I started to use it. Freud bits are suppose to be nice and I plan to give them a second chance on another bit since this is the first freud bit I have purchased.

Cuts great....its a quality bit. If youre looking at the reviews, just buy it.

Freud makes some great router bits. Nicely packed and solidly performing bits. I only wish that Freud clearly stated the maximum speed rating for their bits. I cant seem to find it anywhere.

great quality!!

Double flutes for balance. Small size for faster cutting. Great setting up a jig and doing some cutting in lieu of a CNC machine.

Used bit in pine for dovetail work. Needed the longer shank for the dovetail jig. Clean cuts. Little to no splintering. Went slow. No concern about breaking. Cut 8 corners, did not overheat.

tough, very good

Knife edge of bit sheared off after first five seconds of trying to cut into clean pine stock. No staples or nails. No metal whatsoever. I bought The Freud bits expecting their reputation to be good. I won’t be as trusting in their products from here on out.

I put this bit in and it broke in less than 5 cutting 1/2. It just broke enough off to shorten the length of my bit. I tried it again later and it broke into 3 more pieces just touching the bit to the wood this time. I was unable to find one small piece for a photo. Unsure of how to contact the seller on here. My husband said it should had not broke like that way that we could had just gotten one with a fault in the metal, our cheap cheap china bits do not even do this. Very disappointed!

I purchased this for a CNC router. I measure all my endmills prior to using them and this one came in just shy of the stated 1/4. To me this is not an issue because I always enter the real diameter of the endmill into my CAM software. I have never found an endmill that has been exactly to specifications advertised, but I do not purchase $100+ endmills because for what I do, the software corrects for inaccuracies in the diameter. This endmill works great on hardwoods and plywood. I prefer the straight flute type for wood because I do not get any tear-out and this one leaves a nice clean finish. It also works great at cutting HDPE plastic.