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RE: UPS Brought Me Some New Tools - TOM REED - 05-18-2012
I would order from Grizzly but they insist on shipping UPS to Canada, UPS charges a minimum of $50.00 brokerage on any item regardless of price, the only time they don't charge brokerage is on air, I bought a set of injectors for my truck from Portland Tractor and had them sent overnight air, didn't get them for 2 days and had to go to UPS to get themor would have to wait another day, their charges for 30 lbs including $75.00 fuel surcharge were well over $400.00. I use their other modes div for items comming with other carriers from China etc and that is the only service they have yhat is reasonable. I would like to buy one of Grissleys carbide grinders but UPS makes that unreasonable for me. tom
Nice buy ED
RE: UPS Brought Me Some New Tools - stevec - 05-18-2012
Gotta agree with you there Tom! Universal Parcel Storage has gotta be the most expensive way to get something sent fron the Statea. USPS seems to be pretty good in my experience.
RE: UPS Brought Me Some New Tools - Mayhem - 05-18-2012
I buy stuff out of the US frequently and always specify USPS and have had no problems to date. I often get shipping quotes on hundreds of dollars but USPS is much more affordable.
When I am in the US I will place orders and have them shipped to my hotel. Last time my Enco order was missing a pair of welding shades, which they shipped to me here in Australia, at their expense. It cost them $28.75 to send me a pair of $8.00 shades!
RE: UPS Brought Me Some New Tools - TOM REED - 05-18-2012
worst thing a carbide grinder is much too heavy for usps but you can't beat their flat rate box deal as most items come in without duty so very reasonable just most will not ship that way except little machine shop. Even fleebay most will only ship ups which makes things very expensive, the best most will do is first class postage which is still too expensive, small items from china come cheaper than from us in the mail. tom
RE: UPS Brought Me Some New Tools - Mayhem - 05-19-2012
Interesting - never had an eBay seller who was willing to ship to Australia not agree to do so via a USPS flat rate box. I have placed orders with Tools4Cheap and Hemply Tool Supply and both were more than happy to ship via USPS.
RE: UPS Brought Me Some New Tools - Highpower - 05-19-2012
(05-18-2012, 07:42 PM)stevec Wrote: Gotta agree with you there Tom! Universal Parcel Smashers has gotta be the most expensive way to get something sent from the States. USPS seems to be pretty good in my experience.
Fixed that for you Steve.
RE: UPS Brought Me Some New Tools - ukazak - 05-26-2012
I have a half dosen of those but 45deg. cost about $15 a piece here.
? ruined couple of them because of wrong use, 
but others holding fairly well. 
one on the left after first use, one on the right after several use.
![[Image: SANY0509.jpg]](http://i1251.photobucket.com/albums/hh544/ukazak/Dovetails/SANY0509.jpg)
one on the right I only used once with a lot of smoke. I was making QC holders, than I order the others to finish the work. Just, one of the new one finished 8 of holders. learned how to use them, gentile creatures.
![[Image: SANY0506.jpg]](http://i1251.photobucket.com/albums/hh544/ukazak/Dovetails/SANY0506.jpg)
Notice one on the right at the back row below picture, has a missing finn, I did that working on a aluminium piece.
![[Image: SANY0504.jpg]](http://i1251.photobucket.com/albums/hh544/ukazak/Dovetails/SANY0504.jpg)
Unal
RE: UPS Brought Me Some New Tools - EdK - 05-26-2012
Unal,
Interesting array of cutters you have there.
Ed
RE: UPS Brought Me Some New Tools - DaveH - 05-26-2012
Unal,
I agree those dovetail cutters can be tricky to use, and it doesn't seem to take much to break or dull them.
I tend to "cheat" use an insert dovetail cutter to start with, then finish with a HSS one
Can take quite some time 
DaveH
RE: UPS Brought Me Some New Tools - aametalmaster - 05-26-2012
Nice...Bob