The 11 Best Freud Pattern Bits (2023 reviews)

The freud great bit's material feels more premium than its price would suggest. This router bit offers a lot of flexibility with the various bearing sizes. With its smallest guide bearing, it will make 1/2" rabbets in one pass. It features such as tico hi-density carbide and red perma-shield non-stick coating. It fits closely together and looks good.

This set comes with bearings to allow for seven different depths of cut. The versatility of these sets comes when you combine the bearings with other profiles of bits that you already own. It does an outstanding job of cutting the groves nice and smooth. These two new bits contain a full set of bearings that allow six different depths of rabbets as well as flush trimming.

Why We Like This:

Easy to switch out the bearings
Rabbetted pine boards with no difficulty
Clean and accurate dadoes and rabbets

Best With Bottom Bearing: Freud Good Quality Bit

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The freud good quality bit is satisfactory and appropriate and fits well with your daily usage. The Amana Tool 45487 Flush Trim Template and Pattern Plunge 2-Flute Carbide Tipped Router Bit with Ball Bearing, 1/4-Inch Shank would also be an excellent choice. It cuts perfectly flush. It is used to trim a piece or pieces to replicate a template of the desired finished piece. The dual bearings are nice in that the template can be at the top or bottom of the work piece without having to change/buy a new bit.

This bit has an approximately 1/4" open area between the carbide cutting edge and the bearing. It cuts the pine smooth as silk. It is perfectly flush with the cutters and rotates smoothly with no resistance. It is razor sharp, very well balanced and has incredible mass to power through even the hardest of hardwoods. The bit leaves a nice, smooth, clean surface with minimal need for sanding.

Why We Like This:

Blade is sharp and bearing secure
Good size carbide blades, very sharp, and strong bit
Great to have the flexibility of having the template top

Best For Hinge: Freud Mortising Bit

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If you often find yourself scrambling for convenient and suitable bit, this product should be your first option for buying. If you have a planer, it's the best for planing. It is perfect for a planing jig, mortises, dados etc. It is the standard size lock ring. It does perfectly sized center of a board dado to match the widely varying thicknesses of "3/4" plywood. It is designed with deep gullets for maximum material removal without chip loading. It is useful for dados, recessing hinges on doors (with a jig) and many other things. It comes with this router bit, so there is absolutely no tear out no matter how fast you go. It is designed to cut coming into the wood from the side, not plunging down into it.

Why We Like This:

Cuts beautifully clean and flat mortices for hinges
Sharp blades make for clean cuts
Smooth cuts on the sides and bottom
A very clean cutting mortising bit in hardwood

Best For installing miter track: Freud Router Bit

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The freud router bit might be a relatively new release, but it's still nothing short of impressive this year, thanks to multiple price cuts and added new features over the past few iterations. This bit cuts all composition materials, plywood, hardwood, and soft wood. It is designed in freud research and development laboratories, and freud's tico hi-density carbide is scientifically developed using titanium carbide, cobalt and tungsten (as well as proprietary elements), to produce a supreme product. It includes two flute bits for faster cutting and three flute bits for a superior surface finish.

It is good for template following or edge jointing. These precision ground carbide bits have a grain size smaller than other grades, and titanium is added, making them impervious to chemical attack. It is used to cut osb and plywood. It is extremely important when it comes to sharpness as well as the rate at which an edge wears.

Why We Like This:

Makes clean, flush and great cuts every time
Works really well and keeps everything straight and aligned
Easily cuts plywood and other woods
Well made tool with great potential for trim work

Best For metal: Freud Flush Trim Bit

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Best part: freud flush trim bit costs comparatively low and it is available to ship in 24 hours. It is a good bit of wood at a time (1 + 1/2"), small bites are advisable, which is the case for any router usage. The carbide cutting edges produce a very smooth, clean finish that rarely requires sanding to finish. The cutting capacity is 1 1/2" long without the bearing. The bit cuts well and the bearing spins well. The blades do not stick out further than the bearing.

The bit is designed to follow a surface for flush trimming, a plunge router has to be set to a specific depth that does not change during the routing process. It will last many more uses.

Why We Like This:

Exposed cutting surfaces are theoretically less safe
Made to exacting standards and packaged nicely, you can't go wrong with freud
Recommended for all uses in a small wood shop

Best For countertop Grade laminate: Freud radius Bit

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The freud radius bit's superior materials makes sure that it ages well with use. This new bit routs the edge flush and rounded in a single pass while delivering a high quality finished product. It features tico hi-density carbide, perma-shield coating, unique cutting geometry, and shielded bearing to resist glue build up and 1/4" shank. It works well and it is easy to adjust to the right height. It is ideal for countertop grade laminate including formica, wilsonart, and similar materials.

This bit slices cleanly through, no chipping, no fuss, just nice smooth cuts. It comes with regular flush trim bits where the edge is left either square or with a flat bevel that still requires filing.

Why We Like This:

Keeps the trimmer moving and prevents glue buildup on the bit
Beautiful corner between top and edge and no filing and no scratches
Good brand reputation

Best Flush Trim Router Bit: Freud Good Bit

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The freud good bit is capable of outshining several other products featured in this list in overall features for the price point. This bit has 2 flutes. All of the doors are plywood edged with poplar to cover the edge grain. It cuts through about 80' of poplar with no problem leaving a very smooth finish. The 3-flute design makes this a superior flush trimming bit.

These bits can be used for pattern work as well. It is much easier to remove it from the storage case. It is used to size the board to a parallel side.

Why We Like This:

Precision ground for the smoothest cuts
Delivers what they promise

Best simple Bit: Freud Pattern Bit

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We know from years of feedback from readers, customers and amazon sellers, what most people want in a convenient and appropriate bit. The product is exactly that - it's a simple product that hits all the right notes. It works well enough, but the "bearing" end of the bit can mar laminate if it's 90 degrees to the surface you want to trim. This cleans up edges and makes them less likely to catch on things. The self piloting feature eliminates the expense and upkeep of a ball bearing assembly. It's also used for countertop laminate, with excellent performance.

Why We Like This:

Does a great job trimming laminate and is very sharp
More messy filing with laminate files and sandpapers
One of the new comers and featured product

Best little Trim Bit: Freud Pattern Bit

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Compared with other products by Freud, the freud pattern bit has a convenient design. Since the flush part spins too it can mark a delicate laminate. It's a basic bearingless flush trim.

Why We Like This:

Does a great job and is sharp
2 x increased life and performance vs. standard uncoated bits
Coating for cool cutting edge and superior chip evacuation

Best Quality Product: Freud groove Bit

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Best part: freud groove bit costs comparatively low and it is available to ship in 24 hours. This router bit works exactly as it is supposed to for detailing the joint between face frames and sides. It will bring a cabinet frame flush with the front of the cabinet, or trim a laminated top while adding a small decorative v groove which minimizes visibility of the joint. It comes with the v groove bit, so you can set the depth and get about a 1/16" wide groove.

Why We Like This:

New and hot release
Good investment for long term

Best For Trimming laminates: Freud Pattern Bit

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The freud pattern bit is the best convenient product on the market today. Freud's solid carbide downcut spiral trim bits are perfect for any flush trim or pattern application, especially in abrasive materials like melamine or solid surface. The Downcut spiral produces an extra-clean top edge on delicate surfaces. This is good for trimming laminates but not when the bottom edge needs to be clean.

The continuous spiral cutting action produces a super smooth cut.1/2" diameter, 2" carbide height, 1/2" shank, 4 3/4" overall length with double ballbearings. The double bearing is a nice'safety' feature for the workpiece.

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