ZrN coated 4-flute Tapered Ball-nose Carving bit

[Smoken D]

What ye opinion on these? I mostly use Walnut/Cherry/Ash & Oak for my carvings. Did a search for ZrN and found one comment which was same as non coated for result. September coming and I plan on getting a few more new 1/16 carving bits. Found these during the search;

http://www.precisebits.com/products/carbidebits/taperedcarve250b4f.asp

Is the ZrN worth the extra $10??

[dbfletcher]

In case you didnt know, that is Jeff Birt's website (on of our mods). I too have seen mixed reviews on ZrN coatings. My understanding is that brand new they will cut "slightly duller", than non-coated bits.. but will maintain the that level of sharpness much longer than the non-coated bits. I would suggest just getting one/two and trying them out yourself. It always nice to support other forum members as well.

[Smoken D]

Thanks Doug, didn't know that. Learned something new today, other than I can't find the legal description of my property letter that I need tomorrow. Looked fer 2 hours and of course wasn't where it was suppose to be.

[dbfletcher]

Whoops.. i was mistaken.. Jeff's site is (he also has the ZrN coated carving bits though):

http://www.soigeneris.com/

But i could have sworn the precisebits does have some carvewright member relationship as well. perhaps someone in the know will jump in and correct my boo boo.