115pc Drill Set Issues

I have a few drill sets, one is a 29 piece TiN from HF (bought before I knew much) that are serviceable, but every time one breaks or gets mangled, I replace it with a bright drill from either Triumph or Precision. The USA ones certainly outperform the others, but I figure that I don't do gobs of drilling, so I can figure out what I use most and replace them slowly.

I also have a 115 pc black oxide set of unknown vintage (was given to me, but with no markings). They seem to work just fine.
 
Sorry if this sounds stupid but I've Ben throwing away any thing that says China on it after a chi crescent wrench broke and took out my front tooth !. My new plastic tooth is us. Plastic
 
NightWing said:
Oh well, the price was right.
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A good (for example PTD or Morse Industrial) drill set will cost about 250 bucks from a reputable supplier like Maritool. Even from Enco, a US made (not Interstate) set will be 150+. Good drills can be resharpened dozens of times before they hit screw machine length.

Cheap tools are the most expensive purchase you can make.
 
If a bunch of drill bits are not good then the price was NOT right!
 
If you need drill bits, I would go to the flea markets, garage sales, estates sales, etc. Drill bits are about the last things to be sold at such. Nobody buys them, at least not in California. You can get USA made for pennies on the dollar…Good Luck, Dave.
 
As a electrical contractor I would buy consumables in larger quantities. I once bought twenty fractional drill sets on the salesman's guarantee that there was no Chinese pieces. He was honest, they were all from India. What was rather surprising was that they held up fairly well and were worth the money. You see when employees use your drills they have a real rough time getting back to the drill index. I also got some lathe bits from MSC that were from India, they too were pretty good. Whenever I think of tools and metal from that part of the world I always think of the two gooks I saw hacksawing an unexploded 155mm round. Sorry, just an observation.
 
The HF 29 piece the was in the red box was pretty good. I used them for years & still use most of them. I went to get some more to have on hand & the red box was picture but they sent black boxes. Those are junk.
 
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