Myanmar Slot Drill

I was on the auction site the other week looking to see if I could get a 6mm slot drill cheap. I took a chance on a solid carbide TiAIN coated one for £2.98 inc. it said it was coming from China but when it arrived today I noticed it came from a company in Boaungkyaw Street in Myanmar. It looks very nicely made and was well packaged so if you see any on offer ...

I’ve yet to try it yet though so if it doesn’t perform I’ll add an update.

Have purchased some carbide inserts and other components from BangGood, items were despatched from Thailand, I was under the impression from the posting on the site that they were coming from China, so you never know where your merchandise is going to be despatched from, despite what is listed on the internet.

Dave W

China has it's fingers in all pies globally; so wherever stuff comes from, in essence it's all 'from China'

George.

Parts of Myanmar are virtually Chinese colonies these days, particularly in the border regions. Some interesting stuff going on over there.

I get all my milling cutters cheap cheap from China and have not had a bad one yet. I figure their factories are not churning out most of the world's consumer goods using junk quality cutters that hold up production by needing to be replaced too often. What works and lasts well in their highspeed production/toolmaking environment is more than up to the task in a home workshop, as far as I have seen so far.

Vic, assuming this is the one you went for does it look like the one in the photo? All the TiAIN ones I have the whole end is almost black with the coating, the e-bay ones just seem to have a trace of the coating at the top of the flutes?

If they cut ok then they certainly are a bargain, the only cheap cutting tools I took a chance with is a set of countersink bits and they are ok. I am a bit cautious though when it comes to end mills/slot drills but if people are finding them to be good then why not.

The one I got has the whole fluted area coated. It looks very nicely ground. I bought a HSS one some time back and that one cuts fine but doesn’t look as nice as some of my old English cutters.

But how cheap can you go..? On you know where there is a set of 8 HSS 4 flute end mills 2,3,4,5,6,8,10 and 12mm for £8, so £1 per tool including a 10 and 12mm..? I can only imagine that they must be rubbish but are they..? No, I,m not going to spend £8 to find out.

Edited By Ron Laden on 29/12/2018 10:08:34