I am looking to buy a centre punch. My first one. Take a chance? There's loads to choose from on Amazon--pretty cheap. Do the cheap ones last? To be used on wood / metal / plastic. What make do you use and would recommend?
Centre Punch
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Orraloon
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I have no idea what make mine is but have had it for over 25 years. Came as a set with 3 nail punches. Was not expensive. If you do a lot of metal work then search out a good one but for general shed work a modest one should do. Perhaps from a hardware place rather than Amazon. There is cheap and too cheap. They can be sharpened too.
Regards
John
Regards
John
Metal and plastic, use a spring loaded centre punch. Eclipse or a generic.
Wood, I'd want an awl or bradawl, not a centre punch.
Yes a nail punch might be useful too if you use small pins and want to sink them below the surface after hammering in.
Wood, I'd want an awl or bradawl, not a centre punch.
Yes a nail punch might be useful too if you use small pins and want to sink them below the surface after hammering in.
pgrbff
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Ii bought Starrett from Amazon resale, good price.
John Hall
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Can’t go wrong with Eclipse…Amazon £5.85…..EBay set of 4 different sizes £13.00
MorrisWoodman12
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Being the total cheapskate I cut the head off an old car valve then ground that to a point. Brilliant. Really tough. Been using it now for 20 years or more.
Many thanks everybody for your replies to my question--much appreciated.
Wow, thats a high end part. I've been using a sharpened masonry nail
For wood just a basic single ended scriber is fine,
for metal a more conventional version that you can give a sharp tap with a hammer and for extra precision look at the optical punches.
for metal a more conventional version that you can give a sharp tap with a hammer and for extra precision look at the optical punches.
