Stitching Hole Punch???? Anybody use this tool??

[LumpenDoodle2]

Outside US, all gone.

[Frodo]

1 hour ago, LumpenDoodle2 said:

Outside US, all gone.

 

 

 

 

 

Found some of the ones fredK posted posted across the pond

https://www.ebay.co.uk/i/254343394667?rt=nc&_trkparms=aid%3D1110001%26algo%3DSPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D20160908110712%26meid%3D6e8fb21de95d4a3791568575149af516%26pid%3D100677%26rk%3D6%26rkt%3D30%26mehot%3Dnone%26sd%3D183861491442%26itm%3D254343394667%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2386202%26algv%3DDefault

Edited April 29, 2020 by Frodo

[LumpenDoodle2]

Ebay is filled with them from HongKong, and China, which I’m sure no one here objects to buying from, and as long as you are willing to take the chance on facing a delay in delivery, then you have your source.  

I’ve had mixed result with the time taken for deliveries of lathe tools from China.  Not that I’m trying to put anyone off.

I think certainly the poor Royal Mail are trying to concentrate on more domestic deliveries, which is understandable.   

[fredk]

I buy a lot of my supplies from China. Before this last January my orders were taking on average 8 to 10 days. After their New Year and with the shipping all awry because of the C-19 some orders have not arrived at all, 2 orders from 16/3 have not arrived yet but one from 4/4 arrived yesterday, one order from 4/4 arrived on the 16th. Contrast, an order from England placed on the 9/4 has not arrived yet. The whole delivery system is up the left.

For us in the UK a lot of the Chinese sellers have depots in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Dublin and other places. They send the frequently bought items from one of those depots. I also learnt, and I'm not 100% on this: the Chinese have frequently bought items ready packed on the freight ships and the Silk Train. When I buy something a worker on the ship/train gets an email, prints the address label and it gets posted at the next dock/port/station. I can believe this as a. I've received goods back-stamped by the port of Hamburg and other places, and b. having done some shifts on the Royal Mail Night Train sorting letters and packages I can see how it would work.

[LumpenDoodle2]

7 minutes ago, fredk said:

I buy a lot of my supplies from China. Before this last January my orders were taking on average 8 to 10 days. After their New Year and with the shipping all awry because of the C-19 some orders have not arrived at all, 2 orders from 16/3 have not arrived yet but one from 4/4 arrived yesterday, one order from 4/4 arrived on the 16th. Contrast, an order from England placed on the 9/4 has not arrived yet. The whole delivery system is up the left.

For us in the UK a lot of the Chinese sellers have depots in London, Manchester, Glasgow, Dublin and other places. They send the frequently bought items from one of those depots. I also learnt, and I'm not 100% on this: the Chinese have frequently bought items ready packed on the freight ships and the Silk Train. When I buy something a worker on the ship/train gets an email, prints the address label and it gets posted at the next dock/port/station. I can believe this as a. I've received goods back-stamped by the port of Hamburg and other places, and b. having done some shifts on the Royal Mail Night Train sorting letters and packages I can see how it would work.

I’d agree with that, and do prefer buy from a UK depot, even if it is really coming from overseas, it just feels a bit safer, and usually very reliable. 

I can’t really complain too loudly though, after all, a delay is hardly the end of the world.