I got a wild hair or two and bought a Harbor Freight porta band 15 years ago. First time buying a cheap tool, but I was in town and they had a big display of tools on the upper floor of a restaurant that I had just finished eating lunch in.The shop I work for used to buy whatever tools did the job but we haven't bought anything "Chinesium" in many years. When a tool is 1/10th the cost of a trusted name, there may be a reason
Good 1/4 inch endmill = $30
It ran for maybe 45 minutes. Never again and I knew better and have good tools.