Best industrial cobalt bit. Its case rests on norseman is a professional machinist brand with decades of industrial use and longer service life than import cobalt in production machining. One caveat, specialty brand not available in retail stores.
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Best industrial cobalt bit. Its case rests on norseman is a professional machinist brand with decades of industrial use and longer service life than import cobalt in production machining. One caveat, specialty brand not available in retail stores.
M42 cobalt
Industrial grade
USA made
✓ Pros
Norseman is a professional machinist brand with decades of industrial use
Longer service life than import cobalt in production machining
✕ Cons
Specialty brand not available in retail stores
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