Dargo
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Okay, go ahead and say "told you so" if you want, but I have a cheap #$@@ Horrible Fright tool that broke and is now causing me big problems. I needed to drive a small roll pin out of something and the only punches I had were a cheap @#$#! set from HF. The manual said to "drive the roll pin out with a 3/32 straight punch. So, that's what I did. However, on the 3rd tap the @#$@! cheap punch shattered leaving a part of it broken off in the hole; wedged extremely tight. The roll pin came out but now I have part of the junk took stuck, and stuck tight.
Further research showed me that the cheap junk punches are not accurate on their sizing and the 3/32" punch from Horrible Freight actually measured just over 7/64".
That is besides the fact it was made from pot metal. No wonder it got wedged in the hole so tight! Now I can't find a place that sells quality punches so I can drive the broken junk piece out from the back side. I found that Rural King, Lowes and Home Depot sells the same cheap @#$@ junk Chinese pot metal punches that aren't even sized correctly besides being made from pot metal. The broken piece is in a very expensive part and I do NOT want to cause any damage to it.
Any ideas? I'm told that even though the cheap punch was made from junk pot metal that that metal was hardened to the point that a drill bit won't likely be able to drill it out from the back side. Even though it's trash metal and shatters easily, apparently I'm told I'll have a hard time drilling it. Does anyone know of a good quality name brand of punches I can buy? Right now I'm stuck....literally.
Further research showed me that the cheap junk punches are not accurate on their sizing and the 3/32" punch from Horrible Freight actually measured just over 7/64".
Any ideas? I'm told that even though the cheap punch was made from junk pot metal that that metal was hardened to the point that a drill bit won't likely be able to drill it out from the back side. Even though it's trash metal and shatters easily, apparently I'm told I'll have a hard time drilling it. Does anyone know of a good quality name brand of punches I can buy? Right now I'm stuck....literally.