Loading... Please wait...Retaining Collars used when bearings are added to the shanks of router bits for following templates. 1/2in. Shank diameter, 11/16in. Outside diameter. Uses part # HK-1/16 Hex Key Wrench, #LCS-Replacement Set Screw for Lock Collars.
Made in U.S.A. Whiteside (Actually Whiteside Machine) is regularly rated as #1 for cut quality and #1 for value by Fine Woodworking magazine.
Whiteside Machine was originally a machine shop, many decades ago. They were machining precision router bodies for a customer. The customer went broke leaving them sitting on the router bodies so they decide to finish them and sell them. This is a real All-American story of courage, resourcefulness, guts and just plain stubbornness.
Decades later they are still stubborn about absolutely top quality and beautiful tools.