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Impulse purchase I found on marketplace. It was my first time buying one of these "mix bag" tooling lots.
The first 5 end mills I pulled out were in good condition so I didn't even try to haggle. He was asking $100 and I figured if there were at least another 5 good pieces in there it was worth it.
Later on at home I looked over what I had bought and while it wasn't as great as I thought it might be based on my brief sample, it wasn't horrible. I didn't count them but there's at least 100 pieces and they break down roughly like this:
Good, usable endmills: 40%
Weird, re-purposed, hand re-ground singular purpose used-to-be endmills: 30%
Destroyed garbage: 20%
Other: 10%
HSS: 90%
Carbide:10%
1/8"-1/4": 10%
>1/4"-3/8": 10%
>3/8"-1/2": 40%
>1/2-3/4": 35%
>3/4": 5%
I didn't see a single Cheap import in the lot. All good quality brands and I suspect most or all of them are older than I am (35).
So, how much would you have paid for this?
Also, what the heck are these? They seem almost like rifle chamber reamers but in absurdly high calibers.
The first 5 end mills I pulled out were in good condition so I didn't even try to haggle. He was asking $100 and I figured if there were at least another 5 good pieces in there it was worth it.
Later on at home I looked over what I had bought and while it wasn't as great as I thought it might be based on my brief sample, it wasn't horrible. I didn't count them but there's at least 100 pieces and they break down roughly like this:
Good, usable endmills: 40%
Weird, re-purposed, hand re-ground singular purpose used-to-be endmills: 30%
Destroyed garbage: 20%
Other: 10%
HSS: 90%
Carbide:10%
1/8"-1/4": 10%
>1/4"-3/8": 10%
>3/8"-1/2": 40%
>1/2-3/4": 35%
>3/4": 5%
I didn't see a single Cheap import in the lot. All good quality brands and I suspect most or all of them are older than I am (35).
So, how much would you have paid for this?
Also, what the heck are these? They seem almost like rifle chamber reamers but in absurdly high calibers.