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Wow!
I love McMaster Carr; but their endmills are way overpriced - and yes I usually buy Ultra-Tool.
My Ultra supplier is Quality Tooling
KBC tools is respectable if you be carefull what you buy.
I use KBC a lot.
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Well, I just got an email back this morning from mc master, seems due to the ease of cross border shipping they won't ship to canada anymore ....... Grrrr
So anyone know a good online source in canada for end mills and tooling ???
Wow!
I love McMaster Carr; but their endmills are way overpriced - and yes I usually buy Ultra-Tool.
My Ultra supplier is Quality Tooling
KBC tools is respectable if you be carefull what you buy.
I use KBC a lot.
www.integratedmechanical.ca
Well I can tell you thats a bunch of BS, I just got about 10 things brought through the door from them, not more than 10 minutes ago. Something doesn't ring true there..Originally Posted by elogicca
Jerry
JerryFlyGuy
The more I know... the more I realize I don't
(Note: The opinions expressed in this post are my own and are not necessarily those of CNCzone and its management)
Thank you for your order. Unfortunately, due to the ever increasing complexity of United States export regulations, McMaster-Carr can only process orders from a few long-established customers in Canada. We sincerely regret any inconvenience this causes you.
What a bunch of knob's eh? Who cares if the customer has delay's importing the stuff, it's funny how I've never had any issues bringing stuff in from them. I literally had a order sent yestarday, received it this afternoon.. it works great.. when they let 'it' work I guess..
We need a Canadian distributorship for McMaster.. if they did this I'd bet their sales in Canada would more than triple..
Anyone know of a McMaster 'like' company in Canada, I'd heard there was one getting setup but haven't heard anything in the last few months about it..
Jerry
Last edited by JerryFlyGuy; 12-01-2006 at 08:58 AM. Reason: spelling...
JerryFlyGuy
The more I know... the more I realize I don't
(Note: The opinions expressed in this post are my own and are not necessarily those of CNCzone and its management)
wasn't there a thread that they would only ship to commercial accounts now, that they'd cut off individuals? maybe that explains the discrepancy
Hi Guys
Yes, I found this out about six months ago. I went to order on the web and I couldn't finish my order? So I called them and they gave me the same story.
I have been ordering from them for along time so I certianly don't know what "a few long-established customers in Canada" is? It's to bad as I like them and they had a good selection. They will likely come back looking for business when they are hurting some day.
Lets hope someone starts up a really good Tool Supplier here in Canada.
Willy
I am still receiving my orders from them (and enjoy the best service from anyone I have ever dealt with (how does a company with 3000 employess across an intenational border do this???))
A large PT supplier I deal with said McM wont ship to them anymore either.
I dunno what's going on.
My life will be much more difficult without McM.
I deal with a lot of breakdown and "emergency" repairs.
www.integratedmechanical.ca
Maybe if they had enough sales they could do a setup like Digikey. First time I ordered from them Purolater was at my door the next day. I ordered by 800 from the USA. They are also very friendly to me and I don't order much.
If there was a supplier here which I need for starting out it would be nice. If somebody finds one please post.
John
Have you tried KBC Tools? Good service and a good range of product.
www.kbctools.com
What exactly are you looking for? Although I have no problem with McMasterCarr on all three of my accounts(one is private)I never bought cutting tools from them. There are a lot of tooling suppliers in Canada. One that is pretty god is Sowa from Kitchener/Ontario. For cutting tools I prefer our local guys selling Ingersoll, SGS and OSG anytime anyway. Drop me a line and let me know what exactly your needs are and I will give you a contact, if possible.
Being in the west (Alberta) and living in a small town makes it a little hard to shop around. Heck we got a Busy Bee in Calgary and I think it took me 2 years to know it was there. Igor I sent a message to KBC for info and want to thank you for the site.
My hobby's are mainly into RC aircraft but I do have a 10 x 54 lathe(Atlas) and a Mill/drill and I putter with electronics. This is why I am on here as to learn what I can for cnc. My next project will be a foam cutter which I am gathering parts for.
John
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