You're Welcome Mike
I know you don't wait any longer to cut it out But I thought you may want to take a look at the bits below, they are the hard ones to find and they are at a great price made for just what you are doing, cutting through 1 1/2" stock or more.
Like you I wanted more meat under the plate and I used the offset rings to do just that. see snapshot below of one of my tables with a 1/2" thick plate.
http://www.routerforums.com/show-n-t...snapshots.html
I got some of his bits last week and they are great
if you buy more than one item he will knock off some of the shipping charge that's to say he will not charge you the full total SC for all the items.
Just a NOTE*** I got my order in 3 days in the mail,ships real fast.
http://cgi.ebay.com/1-pc-1-2-SH-3-Bl...QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/1-pc-1-2-SH-2-Bl...QQcmdZViewItem http://cgi.ebay.com/1-pc-1-4-SH-3-Bl...QQcmdZViewItem
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