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                        Punch sizes what are the most used and important?

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                        seaphoto
                        • Member since
                          February 2003
                        • From: Grass Valley, CA
                        Posted by seaphoto on Monday, August 1, 2005 6:38 PM
                        The answer will depend on what sort of modeling you are into. For the large scale ship models I build, I use the standard Waldron set, the Historex hex set,some home made sets, and a large scale gasket punch and die set that I got from a tool truck when I worked as a mechanic. Someone who works with other types of models would have different needs of course.

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                        tlivancso
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                          February 2004
                        • From: Connecticut, East of the River
                        Punch sizes what are the most used and important?
                        Posted by tlivancso on Wednesday, July 27, 2005 9:13 AM
                        I have seen a few threads on here about making your own punch and die sets and which ones to buy.

                        My question is going on the idea of making your own set of punches what sizes would be most usefull in both inch and metric for doing scratch built work?

                        Listed Below are the two prefered makers and their size range.

                        Waldron's Precision set
                        .160, .120, .089, .081, .059, .039

                        Waldron's Sub-Miniature set
                        .063, .058, .053, .048, .043, .038, .033, .028, .023, .018

                        Historex Round Punches
                        4mm, 3mm, 3/32, 5/64, 1/16, .045, .040, .031, .024

                        Historex Hexagon Punches
                        1/16', .050, .035, .028

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