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With 25% tariffs possibly being foisted upon Canada in a few weeks I will have to reconsider ordering anything from the US. I have ordered from Micro Mark and know they get many of their items from China. Just for giggles take a look at where most hand, cordless and other power tools come from. The lack lustre Dictatorship country of China. I blame the manufacturers for abandoning our countries for in some instances dirt cheap prison labour. A CEO's job is to maximize shareholder profit. I'm glad I already have most of the tools required for wooden and plastic kits. This possible trade war will benefit no one. I pity the new people coming into this hobby. Better have asbestos lined wallets people.
 
Roman said:
I find it somewhat interesting that we focus on hobby stores the likes of Micro Mark and Model Expo for our needs. I myself have rarely had the pleasure of purchasing from them. I scratch build so I have invested over many years in tools that worked well and some that were disappointing but never from a hobby store catering to ship modelling. This is not to demean them at all as they do have a place.
I love Jewellers supply houses which most large cities have but one of my favorite places is a nail salon supplies house called Daily Nails and again most cities have these types of places. You may ask what could these people offer? I use a RAM Micromotor instead of Dremel 3/32” and 1/8” shank capable 35000 rpm $350. At the nail salon supplies house I purchased this Micromotor for $69 35000 rpm probably made in the same factory as the more expensive counterpart. it even came with a set of Dymond burs and tiny sanding laps very smooth running virtually vibration free. I also get carbide and ceramic bits from them and they work. I carve both boxwood and pear. What I am trying to say is get out of the routine of purchasing your tools from the familiar places. If you need a quality saw but do not want a powered Scrollsaw look at Knew Concepts Jewellers saws, they are gems. I support buying local when not being taken advantage of; after all is said and done, “Capitalism has to be good for everyone” otherwise it will find an unpleasant end.

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The Knew concept saw and bench accessories look amazing. Now I have to convince the admiral :confused:
 
Rob444 said:
The Knew concept saw and bench accessories look amazing. Now I have to convince the admiral :confused:
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Many of my modelling tools were purchased from Lee Valley. Most made in Canada, Japan and the US. These are tools for woodworkers who carve etc. I have old tools from Sears, made in the US. Still 100 % serviceable. Not so much with some of the tools made in China. I blame American and Canadian suppliers who don't give a damn about the end product. They could have a very good product made in China but choose profit over quality. Let's see if any of those tools are around 50 years from now like some of the ones I use for modelling now.
 
I got those proportional dividers secondhand on a car boot sale years ago, they cost £5.with the above simple tools, I could make models two feet long, but went onto miniatures years ago, but have now stopped building them because of advancing years - BobScottish Maid (Large).jpg
 
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