Re: Making a punch die?

Hi Mariano,

Thanks, I'm going to be watching for them. I got REAL lucky, and bought
a die grinder, drill, air hammer, and ratchet recently.

Alan KM6VV

diazden wrote:

>
> Alan;
> the air nibbler that I bought a couple of years ago was
> about $A 80 ( $US 45, ) also I have seen them electric
> regards
> mariano
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alan Marconett KM6VV" <KM6VV@...>
> To: <CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Saturday, July 14, 2001 2:35 AM
> Subject: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] 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
> >