Sam Salvati Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Forged these up from some 1/2 1045 I got from my buddy Aldo the NJ Steel Baron, it's pretty good stuff and he's got lots of it. I like 1045, water quench and temper-color temper and it's great. They work cold or hot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad J Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Hey Sam Awesome work on those punches! I'll have to give it a go now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randy Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Great looking tooling! Here's a tip: during the filing and shaping stage use a piece of modeling clay and push the tool into it cold to see if you have the shape, thickness and size you want. If not then you can do some more filing/shaping. Once you do have what you want then you can do the heat treating. Another tip is to make a tool stand to put your tooling in with the working in up so you can tell what's what. I put casters on mine so I can roll it to where I'm working or roll it out of the way if I need to. It also holds my other punches, files, bending forks, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted May 6, 2011 Author Share Posted May 6, 2011 Thanks Chad! Thanks very much Randy! That is a nice cart, I just got a wheely cabinet i'll add to. Your clay idea is great! I would have liked to have done a bit more work on them to get closer to the shapes I wanted and that would have been ideal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Steinkirchner Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 well, the list of stuff to make on my list just keeps getting longer. One thing i've done is testing in lead when no clay is on hand, clay is easier but there is a good bit of lead in the shop and no clay. Real nice work as usual Sam Ed Steinkirchner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Really nice punches Sam. I like them. Mark<>< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freeman Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 That's a fine looking set of punches. Thanks for posting this, I'd been contemplating making a few myself and was wondering what material to use. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 Sam, That's a great set of punches! Randy, Posting pics of that trolley was just mean Cool cart man Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tzonoqua Posted May 6, 2011 Share Posted May 6, 2011 great stuff!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted May 7, 2011 Share Posted May 7, 2011 Nice job, Sam. I have a couple of projects to do that will need specialty punches on. Thanks for the info and for sharing the idea. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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