Transfer punches

[Dave Lowe]

Can anyone recommend a make/supplier of transfer punches, there are a few about for only about £10 a set, are they any good?

thanks
Dave

[langysrodshop]

Whats a transfer punch Dave ???

[Happydaze]

Whats a transfer punch Dave ???

A punch that fits into a hole and will mark a center on a plate (for instance) held behind. Come in sets for popular hole sizes. Imagine you were wanting to mark your home cut caliper brackets to fit the spindle and / or capiler - ok you could just do it by measuring!

i bought a cheapo chinese set from Harbour Freight (kind of US equivalent of Machine Mart only much cheaper and they carry tons more stuff that's more relevant to us - eg beadrollers). Work fine for my useage!

Chris

[Dave Lowe]

Whats a transfer punch Dave ???

Chris, you must be a mind reader! thats exactly what I am doing right now caliper brackets!

[Blackjack]

I have a set of those - very useful.

[Paul B]

Can't you do what the rest of us do: use a pencil or biro to squiggle a small circle, then guess where the centre of the cirlce is and dot punch it with a sharpened old tap.

Seriously though, I've never seen them before, great idea though.

[stueeee]

I bought my sets of metric (0.5 mm steps) and imperial (1/64" steps) transfer punches from J & L industrial http://www.jlindustrial.co.uk/cgi/insrhm they work fine, and do make it a lot quicker to do precision work without precision measuring.

Stuart.

[32vertex]

I've seen a piece of kit that can replace the whole set pictured above, and it is just one item. It has a large chamfer on one end, and a small pointed pin right thru the center. The chamfer rests on either size hole, and you can punch the pin with a hammer.
I will Google for a pic.

[32vertex]

here it is, Google on "universal transfer punch" 109.000 hits, should be able to find one !

[IanT]

That looks very easy to mis-align ?

[32vertex]

Nope Ian, I have worked with it, and it works a treat ! But you know how it is: a tool is never as good as the man handling it....;-)))

[WB54]

I've always scribed the hole through the template, then scribed a box, each side at 90 degrees around the hole, then scribe through the diagonals and you have the circles center, works great for big holes but a set of them punch's would be handy for small stuff

[Paul B]

here it is, Google on "universal transfer punch" 109.000 hits, should be able to find one !

Great idea, unless you want to accurately pop though plate, or a casting, 3/4" thick, and you'll never get it exactly perpendicular to the job, in which case the biro squiggle would probably be more accurate.

[Blackjack]

If you buy a set just get the metric ones - the steps between punches are small enough that you won't need the imperial version.

I got mine from J & L. I thought it was JML but realised that JML do crap gadgets on the shopping channel.

[poprodder]

If you buy a set just get the metric ones - the steps between punches are small enough that you won't need the imperial version.

I got mine from J & L. I thought it was JML but realised that JML do crap gadgets on the shopping channel.

and the difference in price!!!

looks a handy piece of kit.

[V8trikemids]

Great idea, unless you want to accurately pop though plate, or a casting, 3/4" thick, and you'll never get it exactly perpendicular to the job, in which case the biro squiggle would probably be more accurate.

I use one quite a lot on material from 2- 15 mm, never a problem- the centre pin is spring loaded to help with lining up, you must bear in mind its a marking tool though- just a light tap- then give a proper belt with a centre punch.

[rodbuilder]

I had not seen these before bought a set from RS

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/s...9353&x=20&y=16

damn good idea thanks for edumicating me

[janner ratrod]

Rich,
They will be ideal for setting up the gasser front end alignment on the truck!!!!