Quick Facts

Headquarters: United States

Established: 1970

Business Type: Manufacturer

Factory Size: 40,000 sq. ft.

📦 Products

Spiral Router Bits

Straight Router Bits

Form Router Bits

Drilling & Boring

Router Bit Sets

Circular Saw Blades

📌 Why Choose Whiteside Machine Company?

Best For: CNC operators, custom furniture makers, and professional woodworkers seeking premium router bits with flawless finish quality and community-backed reliability.

  • One-Piece Steel Body Construction for Ultimate Stability: A standout feature of Whiteside's manufacturing process is how they form their bits. Instead of attaching a separate shank to a cutter head, they feed 12-foot solid steel bars into precision lathes to shape the shank and the body out of a single, continuous piece of steel. This seamless one-piece design guarantees perfect concentricity, virtually eliminating runout and vibration. For the woodworker, this means remarkably smooth, chatter-free cuts that require little to no sanding.
  • Hand-Ground Micro-Grain Carbide Edges: After the carbide is brazed onto the steel body using extreme heat, the final sharpening isn't left solely to automated machines. Each piece of carbide is meticulously ground by hand to achieve the sharpest possible edge. This combination of premium micro-grain carbide and artisan-level sharpening ensures the bits stay sharp longer, even when cutting dense hardwoods or abrasive composites.
  • Plug-and-Play CNC Digital Tool Libraries: Setting up tool paths in CNC software can be tedious and prone to error. Whiteside solves this major pain point by offering complete, downloadable digital tool databases (.tool files) for popular software like Vectric, Carveco, and Fusion 360. These libraries come pre-configured with the exact geometry and recommended starting speeds and feeds for their most popular bits. This allows CNC users to safely import the data in seconds, saving hours of setup time and preventing costly programming mistakes.
  • Community-Trusted Quality & Solid Guarantee: Whiteside has built a following among serious craftsmen, largely driven by word-of-mouth and genuine user recommendations across woodworking forums. This earned trust is backed by their commitment to industrial-grade quality and a strict warranty that covers any defects in workmanship and materials. When you buy Whiteside, you are investing in a tool that the woodworking community universally relies on to get the job done right.

📩 Contact & Ordering

Website: https://www.whitesiderouterbits.com/

Phone: 1-800-225-3982

Sales Channel: Nationwide Distributor Network

Service Regions: North America