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Also useful for removing nail fragments from [[Scrap Wood|scrap wood]]!
Also useful for removing nail fragments from [[Scrap Wood|scrap wood]]!


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== Number & Letter Punches ==
== Number & Letter Punches ==
== Drift Punches ==
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{{ToolInfoBox
|tool name=Number & Letter Punches
|tool name=Number & Letter Punches
|image=
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|synonyms=number & letter punch engravers, alphabet punches; DE: Schlagzahlen & Schlagbuchstaben, Schlagstempel
|synonyms=number & letter punch engravers,<br> alphabet punches; DE: Schlagstempel,<br>Schlagzahlen & Schlagbuchstaben
|type=hand tool
|type=hand tool
|access=upon request
|access=upon request
|location={{£bench}}
|location={{£bench}}
|material=[[metals]], perhaps others
|material=[[metals]], [[leather]], perhaps others
|used with=[[hammers]]
|used with=[[hammers]]
|similar=number & letter stamps
|similar=number & letter stamps
}}
}}
{{£}}'s 36-piece set of number & letter punches includes each letter from A-Z, the "&" symbol and the numbers 0-8 ("6" is the same as "9"). The characters are 4 mm high.
{{£}}'s 36-piece set of number & letter punches includes each letter from A-Z, the "&" symbol and the numbers 0-8 ("6" is the same as "9"). The characters are 4 mm high.
After punching, the pushed out metal should be removed with a [[file]] or [[sandpaper]]. <sup>[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schlagstempel]</sup>




[[Category:Hand Tools]]
[[Category:Hand Tools]]
[[Category:Marking & Measuring]]
[[Category:Marking & Measuring]]

Revision as of 10:20, 13 January 2018

Punches are small tools driven with a hammer, e.g. in order to leave a mark or a hole.

Center Punches

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Center Punch

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Synonyms: DE: Körner
Type: hand tool
Material: metal, wood, plastic
Used with: hammers
Location: above drilling table
Access Requirements: upon reading

If you want to mark something harder than the listed materials (such as stone or concrete), just use a cheap nail instead of this tool!

Can be re-sharpened on a bench grinder.


Hole Punches

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Hole Punches

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Synonyms: leather punches; DE: Locheisen,
Ausschlageisen, Stanzeisen
Type: hand tool
Material: fabric, leather, paper, foam rubber
Used with: hammers
Access Requirements: upon reading
Similar (More or Less): punch pliers

For smaller holes, see punch pliers. For the common office tool, see two-hole punch.

As seen towards the end of a very interesting lamp build on YouTube, chucking a hole punch into a drill may actually work pretty well to cut wooden plugs (verification needed)!

Available sizes:

  • 2.5 mm
  • 3 mm
  • 4 mm
  • 5 mm
  • 6 mm
  • 7 mm
  • 8 mm
  • 9 mm
  • 10 mm


Drift Punches

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Drift Punch

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Synonyms: DE: Durchtreiber,
Nageltreiber, Durchschlag
Type: hand tool
Material: nails
Used with: hammers
Location: above drilling table
Access Requirements: upon reading
Similar (More or Less): pin punch

Use this punch to align drilled pieces, e.g. for riveting, or to drive nails in a little deeper without leaving ugly hammer marks. There are also varieties with a cupped end for the nail head to disappear into, but we just have a simple straight one.

Also useful for removing nail fragments from scrap wood!


Number & Letter Punches

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Number & Letter Punches

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Synonyms: number & letter punch engravers,
alphabet punches; DE: Schlagstempel,
Schlagzahlen & Schlagbuchstaben
Type: hand tool
Material: metals, leather, perhaps others
Used with: hammers
Location: Lukas' workbench
Access Requirements: upon request
Similar (More or Less): number & letter stamps

Lukas's 36-piece set of number & letter punches includes each letter from A-Z, the "&" symbol and the numbers 0-8 ("6" is the same as "9"). The characters are 4 mm high.

After punching, the pushed out metal should be removed with a file or sandpaper. [1]