Woohoo, Heinrich #6 punch

[BWSmith]

Minor gloat,.... hopefully major improvement over the ubiquitous Roper Whitney hand job for punching sheet metal holes in projects.

Got it off evilbay for an "ok" price. Ordered 2 dies sets from Travers.... 1/8",and 3/16". These are the two main(only) sizes of rivets we use. The dies ain't exactly cheap @ 30$ TTD,but hey who cares? If it makes my day go by a little easier.

Pretty simple frame,"beefy" comes to mind. I'm making a 10g,12"X12" quick removable "table" for it so will be adding some pics here in a few days. It came without the stripper so got to make one of those too.

 

[ConValSam]

Pictures please...

 

[C-Bag]

Pictures please...

Stationary hole punch is definitely on my bucket list. I’ve made due with a HF clone of the handheld that I welded a mount to so I can put it in a vise and make it stationary. One came up locally that was the RW 4tn with a complete set of dies from 1/16” all the way up through 2”. All in perfect shape with factory box for the dies. Got down to $1200 but even though that’s a screamin’ deal compared to new I just couldn’t justify it. Others came up but always missing the dies which probably get parted out on eBay. My other bucket list is a sheet metal corner notcher. So many tools, so little space…

 

[Winegrower]

My other bucket list is a sheet metal corner notcher.

Yes, this should be in everybody’s shop. My DiAcro notcher gets used a surprising amount, not just for corner notching but for nibbling, trimming, etc.

 

[BWSmith]

So simple.... waiting on a bud bringing me the gauge metal for table. Got the black pipe for the handle.

 

[BWSmith]

Heinrich still makes these BTW. Think they're round 600.

 

[C-Bag]

Yes, this should be in everybody’s shop. My DiAcro notcher gets used a surprising amount, not just for corner notching but for nibbling, trimming, etc.

The one that got away was a HD pexto portable hand notcher that got down to $75. I just didn’t get how useful one would be until I started watching this guy Karl Fisher/Make It Kustom on YouTube and saw him using his all the time. Now I want one bad.

 

[BWSmith]

Done. Had a 1 1/2" steel ball in stock for handle. Made the missing stripper shoe. The table pops on/off very quickly to change out punch and lower die. Hopefully you can see how the table's held on. No holes were drilled in the Heinrich.

 

[BWSmith]

 

[C-Bag]

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Very nice. Thanks for posting the details.

So how many ton do you think it is rated for? There’s few specs but it says you can punch 1/8” mild steel. Since most of my sheetmetal is 18ga> I’m going to try and adapt my dies from my cheapo handheld on my arbor press and see what happens. Punching is way better than drilling fer sure.

I was doing some random eBay tool surfing and found this corner notcher die addon set. I ended up ordering it for my birthday. I plan on adapting it to my 2tn Jet arbor press, hopefully. Seems like maybe the maker is closing them out.