Whiteside Router Bits 9500 Solid Brass Inlay Kit

Precision made , quality product !!

It’s the best. It works perfectly. Cost the most but worth every penny.

I am very pleased with the quality and fit and finish of the parts in this kit. I have used it a number of times with both purchased and homemade templates. The inlay pieces fit nicely with a minimum of preparation and with no gaps between the inlay and the work piece. This was my first experience with Whiteside products ----- in fact, I never heard of the company before this purchase.The picture is a teapot stand and coaster with an inlay of a chrysanthemum for a Chinese tea room. I made my own templates for the various parts of the flower. Although it's a bit amateurish, it shows what you can do with the kit and a minimum of inlay skills.So, today I was looking for some router bits for mortising and discovered that Whiteside makes those too. Based on my experience with this kit and the excellent reviews of the router bits, I decided to go with Whiteside again. Move over Freud. You've got some stiff competition here in the States.

Easy to use and a great time saver

Works flawlessly and is easy to use. Makes dressing up projects with inlays easy to do

I read reviews for other inlay kits and found that many were disappointed when the bit broke. I believe most users were making cuts too deep or too fast...or both. This bit, or any other 1/8" diameter bit, is not designed to make deep plunge cuts for structural inlays (dutchmen). It is designed to make recesses for thin inlays only. Read the directions...they say to make your cut only as thin as the inlay. Inlay is typically a very thin veneer, perhaps only a few millimeters thick. For that this kit performs flawlessly.The Whiteside kits is well engineered and very well made. It's American quality and that speaks for itself.

I have a couple of Whiteside router bits and have been impressed with the quality. In my opinion their excellent reputation is well deserved. So, when I needed an inlay kit for a couple of jewelry boxes that I will be making I chose this kit. I have a Bosch router with an adapter to accept PC style bushing guide. This is the first time I've tried to do an inlay. I made a template out of 1/4" MDF, followed the instructions that came with the inlay kit, and the results were perfect on my first try. I was really impressed because my first try at anything woodworking usually doesn't come out this good. I highly recommend this kit.

I made my Granddaughter a guitar shaped cutting board from Maple and inlaid it with Walnut and Mahogany. I’m very happy with the accuracy of this bit. The inlays fit like a glove. The only thing is that some square corners have to be rounded slightly with sandpaper to fit. Just have to be careful and not sand to much.