bits needed

[Kenm810]

Yep your right, I had to look close myself
Sears bits are made with carbitei

[judyb]

weird that sears would have them listed as steel and the sales rep insisted on it as well...

[DrBob]

You can't tell by looking at a bit if it is steel or carbide.
you can tell by the weight, carbide is about twice the weight of steel. My 2 Cents

[pkunk]

Everyone's right. Those bits are steel, carbide tipped. The CW carving bit & the cutting bit are solid carbide.

[Kenm810]

Carving Bits and Cutting Bits

[Dan-Woodman]

That sounds typical for most retail locations. These people are just bodies to fill a need. I would say that a lot of them wouldn't know the difference between carbide and carbide tipped anyway.
later Daniel

[Dyna Rider]

Here’s the link to the sears web site. It’s hard to read in the screen shot
http://www.sears.com/shc/s/p_10153_1...Text=Craftsman

Bill

[Kenm810]

Sure look familiar

[Dan-Woodman]

You can clearly see that these are carbide tipped bits . They look identical to the cw bits .
You can see in the picture that the tips are clearly not painted ,typical of carbide tips.
Not knowing that much about the chemical makeup of steel ,is carbide considered a steel?
In the sears spec on these bits it's says the tip material is steel.
later Daniel

[Kenm810]

$248.99 for a a set of Steel Router Bits,--- I wouldn't think so