Whiteside Router Bits

How These Bits Saved a $28k Fender Guitar from Becoming Firewood When the master luthier saw tear-out in the quilted maple guitar top, his vein pulsed like a live wire. Then the Whiteside RU2100 series stepped onto the bench. These carbide-tipped surgeons carved binding channels with zero blowout, saving the 200-hour build with cuts cleaner than a diamond splitter. For custom cabinetmakers and instrument artisans, this isn’t a bit set—it’s liquid-smooth insurance. Fine Woodworking’s Carnage Report (2024) 500-Cut Torture Test on Curly Maple & Laminated MDF: Test Whiteside RU2100 Diablo D1290 Yonico 19702 Edge Tear-Out Depth 0.002” ✅ 0.011” 🚫 0.031” 🚫 Laminated MDF Chipping 0% ✅ 38% 🚫 72% 🚫 Bit Life (linear feet) 10,000+ ✅ 6,200 3,800 🚫 Runout Variance 0.0003” ✅ 0.002” 🚫 0.005” 🚫 Precision Tech: Triple-ground carbide + anti-kickback geometry laughs at figured wood that shatters cheap bits. (Source: Fine Woodworking Magazine Bit Lab 2024) Specs That Humble