alan-g-w
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I've been looking at getting some tools together and came across this little beauty:
Automatic Centre Punch
I quite fancy this since it would be quite useful to me. Just wondering if anyone's had any hands on experience of them and what they're like? I'm going searching for reviews online but thought I'd stick this up first anyway
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richc
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Absolutly wank. I work in fabrication btw.
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alan-g-w
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Lol I was thinking it looked like something that would either be a total time saver or just as you've put it, nice one.
I take it it just works with a spring, if you push the tip down hard enough it just gets shot back out? Is it that it doesn't mark the metal or that it just doesn't work?
[Edited on 21-05-2011 by alan-g-w]
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Ryan
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As above, shite.
Its not like a normal centre punch is difficult to use anyway so i dont see the point.
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sxibeast
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I find they can jump around abit, so avoid using them.
The ones i mainly use at work has a removable lense that once lined up with you required mark, you gently remove and replace with a punch bit. Always spot on unless you move the main body! Will try to find a link of the one we use!
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sxibeast
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http://www.knighton-tools.co.uk/cgi-bin/sh000002.pl?REFPAGE=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.knighton-tools.co.uk%2Facatalog%2Findex.html&WD=saws&PN=copy_of_CENTRE_PUNCHES.html%23aOP_2d270
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alan-g-w
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Aye Ryan it's not that I have a hard time with them, just that with the work I'm doing I'm working with tubes and needing to use a stubby hammer to get into bits sometimes. Figured that would help out and be a useful thing to have, seemingly not 
sxibeast, looks like a lovely piece of kit but I'm looking to spend a bit less than that tbh! I was looking at punch sets right enough though, wouldn't happen to have any links to any that you know are good?
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sxibeast
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Lol! I didnt see the price there! You can get them a lot cheaper though!
In terms of punch sets, will have a look at work tomorrow as to what makes we have! Some have been really good and lasted ages, some like cheese! Will whack up a few of our makes tomorrow afternoon for you!
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ed
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They work ok in soft aluminium but in steel they just don't cut it. If you have problems with the punch moving, make your marks deeper or get a sharper punch 
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djgritt
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I have a decent one that my Grandad gave me that he used to use years ago when he was teaching engineering apprentices.
Find mine fine to use - doesn't jump around and gives a decent mark - though it's on a medium setting as some fucking monkey in Iran asked to borrow it and when I found him he was using a hammer on it so the adjuster is slightly bent and doesn't work now... 
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alan-g-w
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quote:
Originally posted by sxibeast
Lol! I didnt see the price there! You can get them a lot cheaper though!
In terms of punch sets, will have a look at work tomorrow as to what makes we have! Some have been really good and lasted ages, some like cheese! Will whack up a few of our makes tomorrow afternoon for you!
Nice one mate cheers
Lol at fucking monkey
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sxibeast
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Sorry for the late reply alan!
The ones i have at work are RS own brand and Eclipse.
The RS ones are pretty good and get a hard life but still going strong!
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