r/machining • u/Old_Tank_2841 • 1d ago

Tooling AliExpress Imperial tooling vendor

By any chance do you guys know a vendor that’s sells “inch” tooling in AliExpress?

Everything I seem to find it’s metric stuff.

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u/BeachBrad 1d ago

Nearly all of the world uses metric as it's a much superior system, as such most of the demand on ali express is metric.

Hell we even use metric mostly here too.

Side note- don't buy tooling on aliexpress. You get what you pay for. Cheap tooling costs more in the long run.

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u/Old_Tank_2841 21h ago

I get that but the problem is with my tool holders, they are 1.5” ID (I have a lathe). For example , I need U drills with 1.5” shanks.

That the kind of tooling I’m looking for.
It’s love to be able to pay top dollar but not at this time.

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u/BeachBrad 21h ago

Then buy used and learn to sharpen.

Again, you get what you pay for.

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u/cralted 8h ago

Try searching for “SAE” as opposed to “Imperial”. The actual term for this system is the US Customary measurement system. Since older/American cars are one of the largest legacy applications for the inch/pound system, you’ll often see explicitly non-Metric tools and fasteners referred to as SAE, for “Society of Automotive Engineers”.