Reply by muleskinner

lumberjoe and gfadvm – I just bit the bullet on the Freud box cutters. $67 through Router Warehouse via Amazon. By this time next week, if I’m still having problems it’ll be time to stop blaming the tools and start blaming the workman. Joe, there’s no chance that my review of the Avanti blades would raise their rating. My arbor issues aside (for which I can’t fault them), they produce terrible tear out which I do fault to them.

Thanks for all the advice and information.

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