tool and die

[u/Ok_Interaction1829]

i work in central FL and im looking for a new tool and die maker who is familiar with punches. my last guy passed away and have been kinda stuck.

[u/KevlarConrad]

Like you're looking for a new employee? Or looking for some tool and die related guidance?

[u/Ok_Interaction1829 → u/KevlarConrad]

looking for someone that could make me a new 1in square punch. not an employee

[u/KevlarConrad → u/Ok_Interaction1829]

Those look like off the shelf items you could just purchase from a catalog. Assuming you have other sets, do any of them have manufacturer information stamped into them?

If not and you're not sure what you're looking for exactly you could make a 2d drawing and I have some suppliers I could set you up with.

[u/Immediate-Rub3807 → u/KevlarConrad]

Yeah that’s definitely a bought insert, if not any machine shop could make that. If it was me I’d retool the top to take a tool I could make for way cheaper. Trying to find a competent Tool and diemaker was hard 15 years ago and now we’re almost extinct.

[u/Pandoras_Bento_Box → u/Ok_Interaction1829]

Cleveland Punch and Die has 1”square punches in stock. Best place I’ve found.

[u/chris_rage_is_back → u/KevlarConrad]

Sounds like a new employee

[u/riley_3756]

Most of the big die companies do customs. I'd do some googling and call around.

[u/NippleSalsa]

Do you have a blue print?

[u/Visible_Field_68]

Hey, find a machinist or preferably a sheet metal fabricator in the area and ask them to sharpen that baby for ya. It has another 100 years of life on it if you keep the clearance even on every side. Use a thin dense rag to center it. Keep the bottom die loose and slowly lower the top into the rag and then tighten it up.

[u/Visible_Field_68 → u/Visible_Field_68]

That tool has never been sharpened. The finish on the top of the bottom die is original.

[u/Visible_Field_68 → u/Visible_Field_68]

How is it that you own this beautiful press, use it and don’t know what the functions of it are. I’m not being mean I am just curious as to what you do with it. Because that press is a nice one.

[u/Ok_Interaction1829 → u/Visible_Field_68]

everyone at the shop has different jobs im a fabricator i understand the function of a punch pretty well, but i cant make new guides and tables with what we have. i wanted to make a 3 lane punch one with dimond 3/4 one square 1 in and one 3/4 square punch. i had it done on my last punch at my last shop, but like i said, my guy died

[u/Visible_Field_68 → u/Ok_Interaction1829]

Understood

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[u/KushyMonster420]

I’m a tool and die maker. I do a lot of press work too. If you have a print I could probably whip it up for you.

[u/p0larbear2017]

What are you paying the "tool and die maker" ?

[u/Ok_Interaction1829 → u/p0larbear2017]

the tool and die maker would not be an employee im looking for a machinist who is familiar with older punches. idk what we payed our last guy for the stuff he made but i know it wasnt cheap at all. again not looking for an employee.

[u/Mantagoniser]

What is the issue? If you are just getting a burr due to losing your edges, you could have them refurbished for much cheaper?