Chinese tooling

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I know this is an old thread but this may be of use to someone!
I use a lot of different 1/8 solid carbide chinese cutters and have found them to be really good on the whole. I get the odd one that snaps after a couple of minutes but they are so cheap it doesn't really matter that much.
I have had good results on veneered mdf and birch ply using 1/8 single flute downcuts. If your spoilboard is freshly surfaced and you can vacuum the sheet down flat, there is no breakout on the bottom face to speak of. An added bonus when using these cutters has been that the waste gets rammed back into the kerf and I can often get away with routing fairly small parts without any tabs as the chips hold it in place.
Had good results with chinese two flute 6mm upcuts as well and always keep a box handy as they are so cheap. larger cutters and 6mm or over compression bits, I tend to buy elsewhere as the prices seem to level out a bit. Scott and Sargent have been reasonable and good quality.
1/8 carbide engraving bits have been really good too for v carving and finsh passes on 3D reliefs