Re: Making a punch die?

Hi list,

I have to agree with Dan. Get a good quality nibbler! Since I've
finally got a big compressor and some air tools, I'm wondering if there
is an air powered nibbler? I saw something like a shear, but I don't
think that would work.

Alan KM6VV


Dan Mauch wrote:

>
> I have to chime in here. I have one of those rat shack imported nibbing
> tools and think they are terrible. When you nib through a piece of
> aluminum they hurt your hand. They are very poorly made and
> ergonomically they are bad. The nibbing die was so poorly hardened that
> it didn't take long before the nibbed pieces were jamming in the die. I
> strongly recommend that one avoid the imported version and get one that
> ergonomically doesn't hurt your hand when nibbing.
> Dan