Need Suggetion for Starter Bit Set for Shapeoko 4

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Hello, I’m relatively new here. I purchased a new Shapeoko 4 about six months ago and, due to the insanity of my schedule, am just now beginning to set it up.

I’m brand-new to CNC. Could someone recommend to me a decent starter bit set for this machine (direct URL links would be a huge plus).

IMPORTANT: I will NOT be cutting wood with this machine, so I don’t need wood-cutting bits. Instead, I will be cutting metals and high-performance industrial plastics – PEEK, Ultem, Torlon, DuPont Vespel. These plastics are very expensive and are used to replace metals in aircraft; they machine and cut almost exactly like metals. So I don’t want to spend hundreds of dollars on wood bits I won’t use. Would rather buy high-qualtiy bits designed for plastics and metals.

Thank You So Much,
Router Success

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We have a starter set which is suited to general use at:

but it includes a full complement of V endmills which aren’t suited to general use in metals (you can chamfer with them though).

Most likely you would want several of our single flute endmills:

see:

and

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Will, thanks, this is so helpful. I seem to recall seeing a starter set on your site, but just been too busy to look.

Thanks Again,
RS

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Seconding Will’s recommendation, one of the packs is the place to start.

What you’ll likely end up doing with your specialist plastics is selecting cutters which have a geometry optimised for the materials, there’s a number of specialist tool vendors with ranges of specific cutters depending on where you live.

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