Re: Making a punch die?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@y..., Alan Marconett KM6VV <KM6VV@a...> wrote:

> 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.
>

Take a look at about any automotive tool related catalog and in the
body shop section you should find several pneumatic nibblers for
sectioning body panels. They will do the job very nicely!

Hope this helps,
Milton Dickey

> 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