Punches

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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!