[ARC5] Hole for octal socket ... Try Unibits

[Phillip Carpenter]

I have several Greenlee chassis punches, some good used and some new. They do tend to be expensive these days, generally going for $20 - $25 each on eBay.

Another quality brand that is generally less expensive but just as good as Greenlee is Pioneer brand. They are lessor known and therefore less expensive by many dollars. I have several of those too.

I also have a good quality nibbler that I use on my aluminum chassis. For rack mount panels, I use hole saws but I carefully bend in the teeth with vise grips just a little, so the hole stays closer to size since hole saws tend to drift some on the drill press (typically being a little out of round/out of balance).

I don't yet have any Unibits but that will be on my next tool purchase.

Phil (W4RTX)

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> On Feb 3, 2015, at 4:11 PM, mstangelo at comcast.net wrote:
> 
> Greeleee punches were always expensive. I wanted to buy some when I started out in the hobby as a teenager. They were out of my budget.
> 
> Lafayette Radio sold a cheaper Japanese made set but quality was poor, even for my frugal budget. I decided to built solid start equipment; you had to be a metalworker to build vacuum tube equipment.
> 
> I've picked up a couple of Greenlee punches over the years for 7 and 9 pin miniature and 8 pin octal sockets.
> 
> Mike N2MS
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Brian Carling <bcarling at cfl.rr.com>
> To: David C. Hallam <dhallam at knology.net>
> Cc: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Tue, 03 Feb 2015 18:37:45 -0000 (UTC)
> Subject: Re: [ARC5] Hole for octal socket ... Try Unibits
> 
> That is true. You can go to a ham fest and buy a nice used transmitter or receiver for the same price as two of those Greenlee punches!
> 
> Best regards - Brian Carling
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