# Amana Bits **URL:** \ **Category:** X-Carve\ **Created:** [December 22, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/amana-bits/138423 "2022-12-22T17:09:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MichaelSlay](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/michaelslay/32/77436_2.png) [@MichaelSlay](https://community.inventables.com/u/MichaelSlay)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 5:09pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/amana-bits/138423/1 "2022-12-22T17:09:30Z")
Been reading that Amana bits are the way to go for the long haul. Are they worth the investment? I mainly carve signs in MDF and PVC. ---
**Author:** ![Ken4](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/ken4/32/87117_2.png) [@Ken4](https://community.inventables.com/u/Ken4)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 5:42pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/amana-bits/138423/2 "2022-12-22T17:42:01Z")
yes, they are great. but there are other cutters out there if you’re on a budget. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelSlay](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/michaelslay/32/77436_2.png) [@MichaelSlay](https://community.inventables.com/u/MichaelSlay)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 11:19pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/amana-bits/138423/3 "2022-12-22T23:19:38Z")
Who do you recommend? ---
**Author:** ![Ken4](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/ken4/32/87117_2.png) [@Ken4](https://community.inventables.com/u/Ken4)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2022, 11:47pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/amana-bits/138423/4 "2022-12-22T23:47:53Z")
# JERRAY CNC Carving 4.82 Deg Tapered Angle Ball Tip Radius=0.5mm X 1/4" Shank Tungsten Solid Carbide HRC55 with TiAIN Coated Router Bits ---
**Author:** ![SethCNC](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/sethcnc/32/87515_2.png) [@SethCNC](https://community.inventables.com/u/SethCNC)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 6:14am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/amana-bits/138423/5 "2022-12-23T06:14:44Z")
I love my Amana RC-45711 BUT i don’t have ANY other Amana bits, the rest are just too expensive over their competitors bits. . I use a lot of SpeTools bits, [Choose The Best CNC Router Bits for Your Project | spetools.com | SpeTool](https://spetools.com/?ref=SALE) they are budget friendly and the value out weighs the slightly longer lifespan of a higher quality material that you’d find in Amana and Whiteside bits, when I can get 2 or 3 spetools bits for the price of the same Amana, do you really think the Amana is going to cut for 3 times longer than the Septool without getting dull?? It isn’t,… maybe 1.25-1.5 as long, maybe… . So the Amana doesn’t really make itself worth it EXCEPT for some bits where there is not a similar competitor bit, like those carbide insert ones, where when it comes time to replace them, it would cost $25 for a competitors bit, but is only $7 for a carbide insert and I can rotate it at least once to a fresh cutting edge… as opposed to throwing the standard bits away and buying new… ---
**Author:** ![HarryC.Ragland](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/fbc32d/32.png) [@HarryC.Ragland](https://community.inventables.com/u/HarryC.Ragland)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/amana-bits/138423/6 "2022-12-23T13:19:52Z")
I have a number of Amana bits. Most are V bits with very specific angles to them. For other needs I have a lot of cheap Amazon bits and Freud bits from Home Depot. All seem to work, but some last more than others. CNC bits with reputations for quality include Whiteside [https://www.whitesiderouterbits.com/](https://www.whitesiderouterbits.com/) and Cadence Manufacturing [https://www.cadencemfgdesign.com/shop](https://www.cadencemfgdesign.com/shop) ---
**Author:** ![HenryFeldman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/977dab/32.png) [@HenryFeldman](https://community.inventables.com/u/HenryFeldman)\ **Post date:** [December 24, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/amana-bits/138423/7 "2022-12-24T00:25:36Z")
I love my amana end mills (I have a lot of different ones). I’ve found they just last longer particularly in long sessions in rough wood which generates a lot of heat. their coating does keep things working better (they got much happier when I swapped the collet out with a precision collet which holds them more rigidly. I haven’t used them in PVC since that cuts so smoothly I just use the inventables black straight 2-flute but for woods where temps can get high, the amana coating lasts better and slides through more cleanly. They also have some interesting tapered mills. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/community.inventables.com/system/32/67217_2.png) [@system](https://community.inventables.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://community.inventables.com/t/amana-bits/138423/8 "2023-03-24T00:25:38Z")
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