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Chicago latrobe and cleaveland drills are both made in the USA under the Greenfield tap umbrella (and of good quality) still but owned by a chinese company, the Top Eastern Group.
Norseman/viking brand drills are still made in the usa and of good quality.
Precision twist is brazilian know.
Hout is the only one making indexes anymore that are actually worth something
I don't know how some of you are recommending a harbor freight set. Purchasing guy at work bought them and the import msc 118 piece sets. Some drills were ok but some were dead soft and didn't make it thru one hole in tool steel. Maybe people here are only drilling aluminum.
and the indexes were absolute garbage as well. The mechanics and tool makers about revolted over it and it wasn't hard to convince upper management that the cost of poor quality drill bits were more than good quality ones in labor and production downtime.
Norseman/viking brand drills are still made in the usa and of good quality.
Precision twist is brazilian know.
Hout is the only one making indexes anymore that are actually worth something
I don't know how some of you are recommending a harbor freight set. Purchasing guy at work bought them and the import msc 118 piece sets. Some drills were ok but some were dead soft and didn't make it thru one hole in tool steel. Maybe people here are only drilling aluminum.
and the indexes were absolute garbage as well. The mechanics and tool makers about revolted over it and it wasn't hard to convince upper management that the cost of poor quality drill bits were more than good quality ones in labor and production downtime.