OKIEMACHINIST
Aluminum
- Joined
- Jan 24, 2006
- Location
- OKLAHOMA
What I thought was a great deal on eBay turned out to be a horrible one and wanted to forewarn anyone so they don't make the same mistake as me.
I found a listing for some Sandvik Milling inserts that was about 1/3 of their normal price. The pictures showed the box of inserts with a Sandvik Label, the seller was in China and had a lot of positive feedback, so I bought 200 of the inserts. Received them in and at I first noticed that the box just didn't seem right. The box color was different then the other Sandvik boxes we had. Also, Insert color for the coating was a little different for the 1030 grade than we are normally accustomed to. I went ahead and had a machinist try them out. He loaded up a face mill cutter and they only lasted 20 seconds in a cut before failing. He then flipped them to a new edge and had the same results. Tried 4 more inserts, same result. He brought me the box and said no way these things are the same. He had been running the same material with the same cutter with a U.S.A. purchased Sandvik inserts that were the same grade and was getting 30-40 mins of cut time.
I put in a request to eBay and hopefully I can get my money back, but just wanted to warn anyone to be careful when buying Name brand carbide from China that seem like a fantastic deal. More than likely they are counterfeit and horrible quality.
I found a listing for some Sandvik Milling inserts that was about 1/3 of their normal price. The pictures showed the box of inserts with a Sandvik Label, the seller was in China and had a lot of positive feedback, so I bought 200 of the inserts. Received them in and at I first noticed that the box just didn't seem right. The box color was different then the other Sandvik boxes we had. Also, Insert color for the coating was a little different for the 1030 grade than we are normally accustomed to. I went ahead and had a machinist try them out. He loaded up a face mill cutter and they only lasted 20 seconds in a cut before failing. He then flipped them to a new edge and had the same results. Tried 4 more inserts, same result. He brought me the box and said no way these things are the same. He had been running the same material with the same cutter with a U.S.A. purchased Sandvik inserts that were the same grade and was getting 30-40 mins of cut time.
I put in a request to eBay and hopefully I can get my money back, but just wanted to warn anyone to be careful when buying Name brand carbide from China that seem like a fantastic deal. More than likely they are counterfeit and horrible quality.