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24th October 2014, 08:54 AM #1
Aldi Plug Cutters and Glass Drills
Bought some Aldi Plug Cutters for wood yesterday.
Two sets, straight and chamfer.
Absolute rubbish, with cutter sharpening angles all over the place and a few unusable.
Appears to be just carbon steel.
But ... I will keep them, as they may make good bases for other type special cutters with carbide and HSS for the drill press, for those one time jobs.
Also bought a set of smallish "glass" drills with carbide cutters, not for my drilling glass, but for use in the drill press with slight chamfering of small holes in metal.
These were at least useable.
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24th October 2014, 11:48 PM #2
Agreed. I bought a set earlier this year, $5.00 I think. I though for that price it was worth the risk and lost. Absolutely useless. They will make useful sinkers though.
TTLearning to make big bits of wood smaller......
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25th October 2014, 01:21 AM #3SENIOR MEMBER
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been there too
Yep, while not Aldi, I first bought a cheap set of cutters. When these were no good bought a couple of "Hadron" brand cutters (or similar) from the big green store. I now have a set of Veritas cutters. Sweet.
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25th October 2014, 04:11 PM #4GOLD MEMBER
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Bugger!
I bought those two packs yesterday for $7 each, while unsuccessfully looking for their chisels. Ah well......
But thanks for letting us know, we now know not to waste any time with themregards,
Dengy
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25th October 2014, 06:00 PM #5
Dengy, exactly what I was doing.
A can of diced tomatoes would have been better value.
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25th October 2014, 11:47 PM #6well aged but not old
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Yep. Wasted about $7. Look like they were made in grade 9 shop B by a boy with girl friend problems.
My age is still less than my number of posts
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26th October 2014, 07:10 AM #7GOLD MEMBER
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If they are not 'fit for purpose', return them to Aldi and buy some of their chocolate!
Alan...
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27th October 2014, 07:58 PM #8
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27th October 2014, 08:13 PM #9well aged but not old
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If the idea that things that are not fit for any useful purpose should be gotten rid of then I am in big trouble But I will take the thing back.
My age is still less than my number of posts
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