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Punches, how many have you got? Yeah, a virtual slugfest of tools, Huh?

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  • Member since
    October 2019
  • From: New Braunfels, Texas
Punches, how many have you got? Yeah, a virtual slugfest of tools, Huh?
Posted by Tanker-Builder on Tuesday, October 6, 2020 4:08 PM

Hi;

     Well, the reason I have asked this is simple. I have some Mikro-Mark Punches, Slick little guys with a Lexan alignment plate and eight different sizes. Of course What I needed a punch for had out side diameters bigger than those. Soo___, I dug out a set of Rusty ,yeah H.F. tools will do that lot's of times, even if you ain't using the heck out of them.

 These were a simplified set of Metal Punches that didn't use set screws to lock the punch heads in. they used threads instead. The second largest was perfect! Just for funnies. Go through your Bench and garages storage cabinets,Wanna bet you'll find duplicates of some things? Like Punches? 

  • Member since
    March 2003
  • From: Western North Carolina
Posted by Tojo72 on Thursday, October 8, 2020 8:28 AM
Thats one thing that I don't have any of

  • Member since
    November 2009
  • From: Twin Cities of Minnesota
Posted by Don Stauffer on Thursday, October 8, 2020 9:48 AM

I made my own version of the commercial one you mentioned.  But I used drill rod for the punches, so I didn't make very many sizes.

I plan to do another after buying a cheap drill set.  I will make the steel base and the plexiglas portion, then use the drillls to make the holes.

Then I will grind the shank off each drill, grind the shank off with dremel, and sharpen that area for the punches.

 

Don Stauffer in Minnesota

  • Member since
    October 2019
  • From: New Braunfels, Texas
Posted by Tanker-Builder on Thursday, October 8, 2020 10:21 AM

Hi;

     Really? As many models as you build?

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