center punch

Like this one?

Best Regards, Keith Marshall snipped-for-privacy@progressivelogic.com

Hi CHarles,

Enco, Travers, MSC, and Rutland all carry these. Optical Center Punch is indeed the name. US made is $46.95 (USD) on page 470 of this years Enco catalog. I don't know the big suppliers in Canada, but these are pretty common items. It's likely they are available from an in country vendor so you can avoid having to deal with customs hassles.

There was an web page about making one, but the ezlink hit through google gave a 404. Hopefully someone has a good link, I just didn't find it.

Cheers, Stan

c.foster wrote:

A friend told me he used the armor piercing core of a 50 cal. BMG. He said it never dulled, and had a needle point on it. I have a lot of these, and will soon rip one apart. Most I have are in excellent condition and you cannot see the core, but I do have a couple that are banana peeled back like they hit a solid object. They come from dry lakes in the area that were used for WW2 training.

Anyone else ever heard of this type of center punch?

Steve

Charles, I bought one of these a year ago from

Hi Charles, I wanted an optical punch so I made one. It wasn't difficult & it works like a dream. There is a pic at

Cheer's, Ian Sutherland. (Oz)

Over the last few years Lee Valley seems to be adding what have traditionally been metal workings tools to their woodworking line (verniers, indicators, etc) I've never examined the Lee Valley punch but do notice that, while they have traditionally carried quality lines (although this is slipping a bit compared to say Garret Wade), the metal working tools they carry are low quality. No doubt because of woodworking's lower tolerance requirements - a woodworker is happy paying $19 for vernier and doesn't need a Starrett.

an alternative for you in .ca is KBC (who also carry a lot of crap, but also the good stuff). they've got a good catalogue worth having about. usual no-connection disclaimer