Punch and Die sets

Phantom · Post by **Phantom** » Sat May 08, 2010 7:22 am

looking to buy a punch and die set but can't seem to find anyone selling them.. does anyone know where i can buy one from?

i would appreciate a PM if you know anyone selling them at a reasonable price...hannants in the UK want almos £90 !

Scott Hasty · Post by **Scott Hasty** » Sat May 08, 2010 9:54 am

Phantom wrote:looking to buy a punch and die set but can't seem to find anyone selling them.. does anyone know where i can buy one from?

i would appreciate a PM if you know anyone selling them at a reasonable price...hannants in the UK want almos £90 !

YOW, 90 quid?!

How about this...

Phantom · Post by **Phantom** » Sat May 08, 2010 1:12 pm

just ordered them...many thanks !

including shipping it was jsut over $51

Sluis Van Shipyards · Post by **Sluis Van Shipyards** » Sat May 08, 2010 6:58 pm

Anyone know why these things are so expensive? I've never got a set because it seems like there's not that amount of material in the things for the price.

USS Atlantis · Post by **USS Atlantis** » Sat May 08, 2010 7:28 pm

You want less expensive

Harbor Freight = $27

Or This One for $6

Mr. Badwrench · Post by **Mr. Badwrench** » Sun May 09, 2010 12:26 am

Sluis Van Shipyards wrote:Anyone know why these things are so expensive? I've never got a set because it seems like there's not that amount of material in the things for the price.

The same reason you wouldn't build a model for someone just for the price of the kit alone. Material costs are usually the cheapest part of a job. Drilling and reaming a pair of matching holes in a die and a wiper, (the clear plastic piece that you sandwich your stock with), and keying them to each other is easy, and doesn't take much time. Building a die and wiper with seventeen holes, all a different size, is time consuming. Then you have to turn seventeen different punches, each one exactly .001 smaller than the corresponding hole. Even so, it would be cheap, if you were going to make ten thousand sets. But in the hobby industry, you're only going to sell a few dozen sets in a year, maybe a hundred. The price goes up.

DLMatthys · Post by **DLMatthys** » Tue Jun 15, 2010 8:46 am

Micro-Mark has started to carry the mini punch and dies.
The ones similar to the Waldron set. I like that style and the Micromark set seams at a reasonable price.

I have the Waldron Micro set and the Historex hex sided (nut) set.
For any scratch builder these are essential tools.

Jon Kunatz · Post by **Jon Kunatz** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:36 pm

Where do you get the Hex nut sets?
Appologies for the Captain Oblivious type question.

Jon Kunatz · Post by **Jon Kunatz** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 10:37 pm

DP again....
nertz

Kylwell · Post by **Kylwell** » Thu Feb 10, 2011 11:42 pm

USS Atlantis wrote:You want less expensive

Harbor Freight = $27

Or This One for $6

The Harbor Freight punch & die set is a piece of crap for fine work. Fine for punching holes out of gasket material but horrid for styrene work. Loose fit and non-hardened metal makes them seriously sloppy.

Joseph C. Brown · Post by **Joseph C. Brown** » Fri Feb 11, 2011 8:57 am

Jon Kunatz wrote:Where do you get the Hex nut sets?

I couldn't locate a (current!) manufacturer with a quick Google.

Finding round punch sets is fairly easy. Hex, not so much. Be prepared to spend real money, or, lots of time -- which as we all get older is VERY expensive!
There also is the do-it-yourself technique.

http://ultrawerke.blogspot.com/2007/08/ ... orial.html

http://15mmvsf.bagofmice.com/vsf/builder_rivets.html

Maschinen Krueger · Post by **Maschinen Krueger** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 10:31 pm

I did this review for the Micromark Punch and Die Set

After a year of mild use, the hole for the 1.5mm punch is a little wonky from use.

Tankmodeler · Post by **Tankmodeler** » Fri Mar 11, 2011 10:47 pm

I've got a set that a local modeller, who's also a professional tool & die maker, made almost 20 years ago. The big difference is that it has 10 different punches from .029" up to about .22" and that the wiper is almost a quarter inch thick. This has ensured that the punch & die line up time after time. After almost 20 years and a lot of use, punching material up to .080" thick, this puppy is still in perfect condition. He also made a small brake for bending PE long before the Etch-mate and its competitors were on the market. Solid steel all round with a nice 1/4-20 thread on the clamp knob and, again, after a lot of use, it's still in perfect shape.

Pitty he doesn't make them any more, but they were quite expensive when I got them, $45 in about 1994. I worried about the cost a bit when I got it, but it's more than paid for itself over the years.

I have a Waldron hex punch set and, with much less usage, it is starting to be a bit wonky on the smallest size. The larger ones work fine, but I need them far less.

YMMV

Paul

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