[TheForge] punchin holes

[Dan Tull]

Large c lamp.  12" high, bench mount.
$3 - $150
dan tull
georgia
abba, afc, S.C. psba, obg,sofa
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Smolen" <boka at mwt.net>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 2:22 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] punchin holes


> I cant justify an ironworker but what does a 20 ton manual punch look like
> and typically go for at auction? I would love to get in on that punching
> action.
> Thanks,
> Bob
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Ries Niemi" <rniemi at fidalgo.net>
> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 29, 2004 4:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] punchin holes
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> >
> > On Tuesday, June 29, 2004, at 01:49 PM, Dan Tull wrote:
> >
> > > I own 9 whitney punches.
> > > Paid anywhere from $3.00 to $150.00
> > > each.   4 ten ton, 4 twenty ton, 1 forty ton.
> > > Worth fighting over.
> > > I can punch a screw hole faster than I can find the chuck key to
> > > change the
> > > drill bits.
> > > The 20 ton will punch 1/2" hole in 1/2 " plate cold.
> > > Love  'em.
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > I am with you on that one dan- punching is the way to go.
> > I have a similar, although slightly smaller pile of garage sale
> > punches, starting with a no 5 jr for sheet metal, up to a 20 ton
> > benchmount.  Also have a nice 10 ton 24" throat WA whitney no. 94,
> > which will only go up to about 1/8" thick stock, but that deep throat
> > is sure handy. The whole punch body is cut from one piece of 4" thick
> > plate, about 24" x 32", must weigh over 500lbs. Cost a hundred and
> > fifty, from a little old lady wearing tennis shoes, who only drove it
> > on sundays.
> > However, once the hydraulic ironworker came in the shop, those hand
> > punches dont seem quite so sexy. Oh, I still use em, but if the job can
> > be done on the ironworker, I go to that first.
> > My 10 year old was in the shop the other day while I was forging, and
> > wanted to do some, so I had him practice pulling a taper, then
> > scrolling it. He did a pretty good job on it, but then he lost
> > interest, and went off to play some demonic warfare computer game or
> > something, and later my 13 year old was actually working in the shop
> > with me. I pay him- with the understanding that when he gets his
> > paychecks, 1/2 goes in the savings account, and he can blow half.
> > So he was helping me make the 10 year olds scroll end on a piece of
> > 3/8" round into a little hook on the wall to hold all the headphone
> > style hearing protectors that the guys who work for me leave in a big
> > heap.
> > I had him find a piece of scrap 1/4" x 2" flat bar, cut it to length,
> > and sand the edges.
> > Then I took em to the ironworker, and showed him how to set the stops
> > on it so the holes come out where you want. Turned it on, told him,
> > "hit that foot pedal". He did, and the look on his face was priceless-
> > sorta a sh*t eating grin. As the punch went through the quarter inch
> > stock like butter, with no sound. He thought that was the coolest tool
> > he had ever seen. He had walked past it a hundred times, but never used
> > it, but now he is hooked.
> > And I still feel that way about it, after 5 or 6 years.
> > There is something about punching a 3/4" hole in a piece of 1/2" plate
> > with an ironworker that just makes you smile every time. When I first
> > got, there were holes in almost everything. Learned to restrain myself
> > now, but I would rank it right up there with automatic weapons, Vincent
> > Black Shadows, and 100 foot cranes in terms of sheer fun.
> >
> > ries
> >
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