Originally Posted by nickao65

Why not just go as simple as possible, 10mm template guide with 6 mm bit and so on.

I think if you make a starter list that works with your info many will find it simpler to get on board.

Nick This is not possible as I use all sorts of bits and not all straight cutters

Is the list Harrysin laid out seem good? I mean when I follow someone else's train of thought I like to have the exact cutters and guides they have.

I could add a few more to what Harry has presented like 16mm 18mm I also have a 39mm and a 41mm that I Had made specially for a specific job I was doing. also 50mm 60mm 70mm 80mm 90mm 100mm which were used for special jobs I was doing in my cabinet making business certainly not strongly recommended that they are included in your kit.
Part 2. This has been the problem for years the guides are not always available as we have seen.

So what do your projects on the cd/dvd use?

My projects use such cutters as extended rounding over, Dovetail, Beading bit wide bottom, Beading bit fine point, Beading bit, Dish cutters , Double beading bit flat bottom, and of course the standard bits we all use the straight cutters, cutters with bearings, slotting cutters, the secret to it all is the various template guides

Offering up the dvd with all the guides and bits needed for the dvd in one package makes it awfully simple for guys to order. Or at least a list of the guides and bits needed to follow the dvd or project exactly the way you did it.

This is not possible as each one has their own brand of router and in some instances do not accept the larger sizes

Forget the conversions, I do enough math with the fractions, why not eliminate as many possibilities for error as possible?

I am not asking to convert the sizes only to use what is available for use and use them for you own projects. That is what I have been doing for years and I was not fully aware of it at the time I had to get a job done so I set out to solve the problem and whether I used an Imperial cutter or a metric cutter it did not matter.

I think one that wants to go metric needs to start thinking metric and not translating everything to imperial in their head. Just my opinion.

Yes start thinking metric but why not use an imperial cutter if it will do the job for you I did exactly that without even thinking about translating it into another measurement.

At least it is what I am going to try to do.

All I can say Nick is use what you have I was converted to metric in the 1968 and here router cutters are still in production in the imperial and readily available. I suppose all the machinery was already set up for imperial and therefore suppliers were still required to produce the imperial cutters. Again there is no great deal about going out to try and find metric cutters only. I will continue to use what I have been using for years. Straight cutters are the most commonly used cutter and yes I do agree that metric cutters are important and easier to use when using metric template guides

I started a separate thread on this going metric, maybe we should jump over there. Or move this post and the last few over there. i have a double post one here and the same one that starts the new thread.

Can someone mover it over?