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26th September 2012, 01:04 PM #46
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Dormer makes stuff all over the place.....mill tooling mostly comes from Sweden, some Germany.....but to answer your question I have both UK and Brazil drills and there is no difference as far as I can tell.
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26th September 2012, 02:12 PM #47
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The best ( and still Australian Made) i'd recommend Sutton Tools.
Brands
Drills
I think it's well known that the Frost Brand is sourced overseas, but the good stuff is still made in Melbourne.
Josh did the commissioning of the central pump control for their coolant system about a year back, and could probably elaborate on the product range they make at their Thomastown plant.
Their heat treatment is done by Surface Technology Coatings, ( I'm pretty sure it's a subsidiary of Sutton Tools) and the previous batches of chisels and plane blades for the forum group purchases were done by them. Not the most recent batch however, they were flat out with in-house production.
So, support Australian Manufacturing, buy Australian.
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Ray
PS. They are just around the corner from Phil, (Machtool) so he might know a bit more as to what their product range to recommend.
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26th September 2012, 03:37 PM #48
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Went to two dedicated tool stores and only one even had a set, but it was imperial. Picked up these at Bunnings to get me going.
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26th September 2012, 03:54 PM #49
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I was at bunnings today and found two sets of frost drill sets which are Australian made.
BETTER TO HAVE TOOLS YOU DON'T NEED THAN TO NEED TOOLS YOU DON'T HAVE
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26th September 2012, 05:30 PM #50
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Hi Andre,
Originally Posted by welder
Yes, Frost is one of Sutton's brands, but NOT made in Australia, (as far as I know) that's their cheap chinese brand. Stick with the other Sutton Brands.
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Ray
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