toolings.co.za: AM.CO.ZA router bits, end mills and stone tooling

Source: https://toolings.co.za

toolings.co.za is the AM.CO.ZA first-party information site for CNC router bits (end mills) and granite and marble stone tooling. Its site name is "Toolings Router Bits for high efficiency cutting on softwoods, wood, plastics, supawoods, laminates, timber wood, and all hardwood types". The pages were first published in February and March 2022, the stone tooling pages were added in April 2023, and three short end mill posts followed in July 2024.

The site is product information, not the shop. Every "Shop Router Bits" button goes to Buythis, and the sql4 WordPress digest of 2026-08-30 found 0 published WooCommerce products on this install. All router bits and stone bits are sold on Buythis under SKUs that start with TL-. The 3591-row Buythis dump holds 303 TL- SKUs, and every one of them has a boxed 8i product page.

What AI and staff should do with this site

• Answer router bit questions from the family pages and the 8i product pages below, then send the client to the exact SKU's Buythis page (always with #ai) for the current price and ordering. Never quote a price from this site or this page. For stock, use live stock only; this page never carries quantities.
• Pick the family by material first. The site's own rule of thumb (Router Bits FAQ): for plastic-like solid materials use spiral bits; for MDF and similar boards use straight-cut bits; bits with more flutes are generally used at higher speeds. The family pages below give the detail per family.
• Then match the shank to the client's collet, and the cutting length to the material thickness. A bit only fits if its shank matches the spindle collet. The SKU code carries the shank (S), the bit size where it differs from the shank (B), the cutting length (T) and usually the pack size after the /. Each family page explains its own code.
• Use stone tooling only on a stone CNC router with water cooling. The granite and marble bits are diamond-grit bits for a stone router such as the EasyRoute water-table machines (see the stone CNC routers tag). Granite bits are fine grit with a printed feed rate of 0.5 m/min; most marble bits are coarse grit at 0.8 m/min. All stone bit titles say RPM 24,000 or more.
• Tell clients these are consumables. Almost every TL- SKU is a pack of bits (from 2 up to 30, depending on size); the flycutter is a single tool. The Buythis terms on the router bit SKUs say consumables carry no warranty or refund and a size or package exchange needs written agreement (see the family pages).
• Machines first, bits second. The site says its range was "curated, sourced and tested with AM.CO.ZA's EasyRoute CNC System in mind", and that the same bits fit manual and automatic tool change machines because both use the same collets. The site notes that bits with a guide wheel on the tip are made for hand routers only.
• Ignore the old Buythis category links on the site (for example buythis.co.za/toolings, /router-bits, /spiral-flutes-bits, /straight-cut-bits) when a client needs a specific bit. Link the exact SKU page from the tables or family pages instead.

Router bits for wood, boards and plastics

These six families are solid YG10 tungsten carbide end mills. The family pages hold the full size tables, the SKU code guide and the cutting settings.

Shank sizes are in mm; "3" covers both 3mm and 3.175mm (1/8 inch) shanks, which the family pages tell apart. The 2022 launch article (Select the Right CNC Router Bit) calls the ball nose family "EB1"; the site pages and Buythis SKUs use EB2.

Granite stone router bits

Fine-grit diamond bits for granite. Titles give the bit, grit length, minimum full length, RPM 24,000+ and a feed rate of 0.5 m/min. An S at the end of the code means a cooling slot.

Marble stone router bits

Coarse-grit (TL-CB, TL-CF, TL-CT, TL-CV, feed 0.8 m/min) and medium-grit (TL-MF, light gold, feed 0.5 m/min) diamond bits for marble.

Other tooling on Buythis

ACM folding (V-groove) bits for aluminium composite panels, a fine V-groove engraving bit, and the spoilboard flycutter with its spare inserts.

For how ACM folding works in practice, see R-2030K/90 scoring ACM with a 45° V-groove and cutting through with a 3mm end mill. For the flycutter, see the spoilboard videos below.

Pages and posts on this site

All boxed on 8i:

• CNC Tooling, Mills & Bits (homepage, 2022-02-23): "Strong. Accurate. Fast. Cost Effective." range overview and the EasyRoute video playlist.
• Router Bits (2022-03-02, edited 2023-04-04): the straight versus spiral explanation, the family menu, the stone tooling menu and the Router Bits FAQ.
• Family pages (2022-03-02): ES1, ES2, ES3, EB2, EG1, EG2.
• Granite CNC Machine Toolings (2023-04-01) and Marble CNC Machine Tooling (2023-04-04): ball nose, tapered ball nose, flat end mill, rough cut (granite) and V-profile menus.
• Posts: Select the Right CNC Router Bit for your CNC Cutting and Engraving Requirements (2022 launch article), CNC Machining Stone: granite and marble (2023-04-03), AM.CO.ZA Now Sells Granite & Marble CNC Machine Tool Bits (2023-04-26), Spiral Flat End Mill (2024-07-08), Spiral Ball Nose End Mill (2024-07-09) and Straight Cut Flat End Mill, for Wood (2024-07-09).

The site also links a "Router Bits 101: Know Your Bits" page, which is not among the boxed pages. Use the family pages and the Router Bits FAQ instead.

For the machines these bits run on, see CNC routers and the CNC routers tag.

Videos

From youtube.jsonl (AM.CO.ZA channel):

• Stone Cutter Router Bits From Toolings.co.za!
• 32mm Granite Cutting by EasyRoute CNC Stone Router, 12mm Tooling, 11mm Step Down, 800mm/m Feedrate
• Stone Cutting and Engraving CNC Router with Water Cooling Table for Granite, Marble Cutting
• Marble Engraving on CNC Stone Router with Multi Nozzle Water Cooling
• EasyRoute CNC Router with Vacuum Table and Dust Collector for Supawood Cutting with Upcut Router Bit
• R-2030K/55 profile cutting circles for tables using 6mm end mill
• Levelling Spoilboard by Skimming Spoilboard Surface by Flycutter Leveller with Router Bit
• Skim Surfacing Spoilboard on EasyRoute CNC Router Using Control Panel Default Function
• Spoilboard Sacrificial Board Preparation for EasyRoute CNC Router Vacuum Cutting Table

FAQ

Is toolings.co.za a separate company? No. It is an AM.CO.ZA information site. Orders, prices and support go through AM.CO.ZA and Buythis.

Can I order bits on toolings.co.za? No. The site has no shop of its own. Every bit is a TL- SKU on Buythis; use the exact SKU link from the tables above or the family pages.

Which bit should a client start with for MDF or Supawood? A straight-cut bit (EG1 or the faster two-flute EG2) in the shank size of their collet, per the site's rule of thumb. For acrylic and other plastics, start with the spiral single flute ES1.

Do the bits fit a machine with an automatic tool changer? Yes. The site says manual and automatic tool change machines use the same kind of collets, so the same bits fit both.

Can these bits cut granite or marble? No. Use the granite (TL-FB, TL-FF, TL-FT) or marble (TL-CB, TL-CF, TL-CT, TL-CV, TL-MF) diamond-grit bits on a water-cooled stone CNC router, and the TL-TV carbide V-profile bits for stone carving.

Where are the prices? On each SKU's Buythis page only. This page and the site carry no prices.

Read next

• CNC routers
• Router Bits (site page)
• Consumables overview
• Catalog index