Wholesale Tools

[EdK]

I ordered five R8 collets from Wholesale Tools. The brand I ordered was RDX which is supposed to be their "superior import" brand with less TIR than their cheaper imports. What I got was not a single RDX branded collet. Two were in boxes branded Lyndex, although I think only one of them is a Lyndex collet. One was in a square plastic tube branded TMX, al least that's what I think it is. Can't read it very well since it's blurry. The other two were in Styrofoam surrounds with no evidence of the brand. See pictures below.

In the picture with the ends of the collet showing:

The top left is what I suspect to be the fake Lyndex collet. It came in a Lyndex box but the build is not even close to the one that is labeled as being Lyndex (the top right).
The center one is the one that appears to be labeled TMX.
The bottom left is one of the no-name ones made especially for me by my good friend Neal Skokie from Germany.
The bottom right is the other no-name one made especially for me by my other good friend Kent Van Nuys also from Germany.

What a cluster 'f'.

If they meet the TIR stated on Wholesale Tools web page for the RDX brand then I guess I'll be satisfied. Although I won't be able to test the runout until I get the mill which will likely be past the return time.  

Ed