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Thread: Punches!!!!!! ARGH!!!!!

  1. 03-12-2017, 05:26 PM #21
    W.R.Buchanan
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    The best drift punches are High Speed Drill Blanks. I make odd ball punches out of those in my shop.

    When I was assembling my Hand Presses I had to make a Roll Pin Punch and did so from a 3/16 Drill blank and turned the pilot and nub on the lathe with a carbide insert.

    Then I found out that I needed a punch to knock out pins I had screwed up. So I got a #31 Drill blank .120 in dia and that's my pin removal punch.

    The only thing that is a problem with using drill blanks is that they are harder than a hammers face. So you end up with some dings in your hammer.

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  2. 03-12-2017, 10:28 PM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by Buckshot Bill View Post
    I break 1/16" punches all the time. they either break (starret) or bend and eventually break from being straightened out over and over again (everything else I have ever used).
    I only break or bend small diameter punches when I use them

    I am happy with these
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