14/07/2020
Well. I'm amazed. I didn't expect these blanks to be this good. I got 10 for £3.37
I won't bother talking about postage and so on. I only care about how they perform.
I think that I was unfair with them. I mean, I use good quality tool steel that's made in England. I trust it.
These came and I got out my surface plate and a tenth indicator. I wanted to know what I had bought.
They are all spot on. Not their length. I think that they just cut them off. All were at least 100mm long.
The diameter is exactly 8mm at all the random points I checked and they're round.
They come hard. I can't find my files so I can't test their hardness. They grind just like the English tool steel I've used for years. I can't tell any difference.
They anneal and temper just as they should.
Best of all, they cut. I've only used one. I spent a couple of hours trying them out. I made a forming tool using the full diameter. Very simple.
It cuts mild steel and all kinds of harder mystery steels. It cut just as I expected. Well, I didn't ecpect it.
If I'd known how good they would be I might have made a video.
I've got a bit of a job coming up. I'm going to make a tap. I might film it. I need a strange tap to use once in cast iron. It's got hard spots in it.
I've gone on a bit. In short, yes. They're good. 10 for less than I can buy 1 here in the UK.
I'm sort of torn. I've always bought proper steel, made in England. I've known that it's the best you can get.
Now, I can buy this Chinese stuff. Dirt cheap and not bad at all.
I Potter about in my garage. I've got a mill and a lathe. Good old machines made in England.
I'd sooner buy a well made old machine than a rubbish import. So, I'm set in my ways. Yet, I can't fault these.
I don't know how they can sell them this cheap. British companies will have to start competing.
I want to buy British. I feel guilty, but I can't afford not to buy these.
I like them.
Well. I'm amazed. I didn't expect these blanks to be this good. I got 10 for £3.37
I won't bother talking about postage and so on. I only care about how they perform.
I think that I was unfair with them. I mean, I use good quality tool steel that's made in England. I trust it.
These came and I got out my surface plate and a tenth indicator. I wanted to know what I had bought.
They are all spot on. Not their length. I think that they just cut them off. All were at least 100mm long.
The diameter is exactly 8mm at all the random points I checked and they're round.
They come hard. I can't find my files so I can't test their hardness. They grind just like the English tool steel I've used for years. I can't tell any difference.
They anneal and temper just as they should.
Best of all, they cut. I've only used one. I spent a couple of hours trying them out. I made a forming tool using the full diameter. Very simple.
It cuts mild steel and all kinds of harder mystery steels. It cut just as I expected. Well, I didn't ecpect it.
If I'd known how good they would be I might have made a video.
I've got a bit of a job coming up. I'm going to make a tap. I might film it. I need a strange tap to use once in cast iron. It's got hard spots in it.
I've gone on a bit. In short, yes. They're good. 10 for less than I can buy 1 here in the UK.
I'm sort of torn. I've always bought proper steel, made in England. I've known that it's the best you can get.
Now, I can buy this Chinese stuff. Dirt cheap and not bad at all.
I Potter about in my garage. I've got a mill and a lathe. Good old machines made in England.
I'd sooner buy a well made old machine than a rubbish import. So, I'm set in my ways. Yet, I can't fault these.
I don't know how they can sell them this cheap. British companies will have to start competing.
I want to buy British. I feel guilty, but I can't afford not to buy these.
I like them.
Well. I'm amazed. I didn't expect these blanks to be this good. I got 10 for £3.37
I won't bother talking about postage and so on. I only care about how they perform.
I think that I was unfair with them. I mean, I use good quality tool steel that's made in England. I trust it.
These came and I got out my surface plate and a tenth indicator. I wanted to know what I had bought.
They are all spot on. Not their length. I think that they just cut them off. All were at least 100mm long.
The diameter is exactly 8mm at all the random points I checked and they're round.
They come hard. I can't find my files so I can't test their hardness. They grind just like the English tool steel I've used for years. I can't tell any difference.
They anneal and temper just as they should.
Best of all, they cut. I've only used one. I spent a couple of hours trying them out. I made a forming tool using the full diameter. Very simple.
It cuts mild steel and all kinds of harder mystery steels. It cut just as I expected. Well, I didn't ecpect it.
If I'd known how good they would be I might have made a video.
I've got a bit of a job coming up. I'm going to make a tap. I might film it. I need a strange tap to use once in cast iron. It's got hard spots in it.
I've gone on a bit. In short, yes. They're good. 10 for less than I can buy 1 here in the UK.
I'm sort of torn. I've always bought proper steel, made in England. I've known that it's the best you can get.
Now, I can buy this Chinese stuff. Dirt cheap and not bad at all.
I Potter about in my garage. I've got a mill and a lathe. Good old machines made in England.
I'd sooner buy a well made old machine than a rubbish import. So, I'm set in my ways. Yet, I can't fault these.
I don't know how they can sell them this cheap. British companies will have to start competing.
I want to buy British. I feel guilty, but I can't afford not to buy these.
I like them.