Tools - routing aluminum

[tedmich]

Step drills and nibblers for me!



$20, cobalt steel, US vendor, easily resharpened with diamond hone

[John_H]

Step drills and nibblers for me!

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$20, cobalt steel, US vendor, easily resharpened with diamond hone

Nibblers are great, but the chips fly everywhere! When you're cutting steel, they're hot, and sharp.

[Pdavis68]

Chuck, Of course, you want to look for good quality punches on e-bay. There are plenty to be had. There are a lot with very close up photos where it's very easy to see the condition of the punches. I wouldn't buy one that isn't in good shape already.

As I said, you need to take care of them (oil, resharpen when needed), but my experience so far and from reading a number of comments I've read about Greenlees on amp forums along the lines of, "I've had mine for 40 years and they're almost like new," I think if you were to use it for a dozen or two dozen punches, you'd be able to resell it in virtually the same condition that you bought it. I'm not talking about ripping anyone off. From lowell's posts, it sounds like he just needs to punch some holes for this one project and then he'd be done with it, which is why I suggested this route.

[Chuck H]

Not accusing, just clarifying. Let's all relax and eat some fruit.

I didn't recognize that the suggestion was that they could be used for the one project and resold. I'm sure your character is befitting the forum and it's members.