The 65 Mile Router Bit

I've been working on the "hole in the wall" for a little while every day.  I finished sanding the fills on the second set of frames.  Next step is routing out insets for the glass (again!).  I want the inset or reveal to be 1/4".  My smallest rabbet bit with a guide bearing is 3/8ths and I felt that was too big last time.  I went to Bob's hardware here in Cutchogue to buy a 1/4" bit, he didn't have one, then Orlowski's in Mattituck, nope, then Hart's in Southold, uh-uh, then Riverhead Building Supply in Greenport, they have everything but NO, then White's in Greenport.  He didn't have one either but there I learned that some bits can get a different reveal profile by using a different size bearing.  Of course, he had no bearings but back at Riverhead Building Supply they did (why didn't they tell me about this when I was there the first tme saying I've got a 3/8ths and I need a 1/4 ???).  So, I picked up a bearing, $6 as opposed to $25 - $30 for a new bit, took it home to find that mine has a different spindle diameter.  Time for lunch.  

Driving west I stopped at Jamesport Hardware just in case, then continued to the Riverhead Building Supply main location in Riverhead.  At last...  they had a 3/8th rabbet bit which with the bearing I'd just bought would cut a 1/4" reveal.  Oh, bits have gone up since I last bought one...  $45 smackers not including fuel and depreciation!  Ka-ching!