I’m Stan, I work at Rockler in the Tech Department: I have a question for you, I know that we do not carry the greatest selection of bits to use with the shark and I would like some input as to what bits you would want to see Rockler carry. I was thinking that it would be nice to have a selection of Ball end mills and straight two flute end mills in ¼” and ½” shank...
Any suggestion, comments, or info as to size or other bits would be great….
1/8, 1/4 and 1/2 upcut spirals in 1/4 and 1/2 shanks (both solid carbide and HSS)
1/8, 1/4 and 1/2 downcut spirals in 1/4 and 1/2 shanks (both solid carbide and HSS)
A decent engraving bit
60, 90, and 120 deg v-grooves in 1/4 and 1/2 shanks
For sure some ball-ends in both size shanks
Perhaps carry some replacement high precision collets for the popular routers as well
Possible also sell those kits that have a shank with an indexible insert on it (I cant remember what they are called)
Stan, I get a lot of my bits from precisebits.com as they carry a lot of 1/8 and 1/4 bits including ball and end mills, tapered ball nose and engraving bits in a variety of angles. I do buy some bits from Rockler including the keyhole bits and some of the 1/4 V-bits. The one I wish you sold individually was in a kit that you had to buy all three bits (signmaking kit) and it would be nice if you offered each of the bits in that kit individually. I think that if Rockler at least offered some of the basic end ills and ball end mills, they would sell, I just dont know if you would have much luck with a lot of the small specialized bits.
I affirm most all of the recommendations made so far. I am a dedicated Rockler customer and was a little disappointed that there were virtually no bits that I wanted when I got started buying. Have had to comb the post for recommended bits and suppliers. I am a little surprised that Rockler hadn't seen the market for these bits sooner.
Roger
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I want to second Lance's recommendations. I use mostly solid carbide from Whiteside bits for 90% of my cutting I use their 60V, 1/8" & 1/4" end mills in 1/4 shank. I also use a 1/16" ballnose carving bit that I got from Sears that was intended for their CarveWright system.
I would like to see a selection of 1/4" shanks with 1/16, 1/8, 5/32, 3/16, 1/4. Each of these should have ball, flat end mill and taper ball selections. A varied cutting length is desirerable. This link http://www.beckwithdecor.com/index_files/Cutters.htm has some excellent ball taper end mills, if they had similar straight flat end mills they would be miles ahead.
Pete
Any suggestion, comments, or info as to size or other bits would be great…. 
