Heavy duty punches

[Dobbin]

Looking for some large solid or taper punches 1/2 inch or above.
Mac, Snap on or Cornwell are possibilities at a price.
Any US or European manufacturers that I have overlooked. Will be used on ag machinery.

 

[hautpot]

what is the max diameter you need?

 

[Dobbin]

No limit really but I guess between 1/2 and 1 inch at the point and used for driving not aligning.

 

[leg17]

Is Mayhew or Enderes still making punches?

 

[matt_i]

Premium punch I would make from S7 shock resisting tool steel. Would have to look up heat treatment but go on the softer/more ductile end. I think this would be superior to anything sold at a commercial price point

 

[dutchgray]

I made one with about a 3/8 end out of an old concrete breaker chisel, works well.

 

[B_Bimmer]

Get much over 1/2" and a chunk of a trashed shaft works as well as anything commercially available.

 

[plinker]

I made a 1" (or so) punch out of a chunk of Dodge 2500 tie rod, works well.

 

[WittHay]

Proto has a 10" taper punch 3/4 hex body and 3/8 tip and Gray has a 10" pin punch 3/4 hex body and 1/2 tip. I have theses along with a Snap-on 13/16 round bronze drift punch. Anything bigger is home made

 

[Millwright77]

Tekton has some nice USA made ones on Amazon. I got a 3/16 point one thats 18" long for $7

 

[anetode]

18 & 20mm Wihas are currently on sale: https://www.wihatools.com/metric-parallel-pin-punches

16 & 18mm even cheaper on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0041856KG/?tag=atomicindus08-20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0041856JM/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[leg17]

Enderes makes 5/8, 3/4, and 7/8.
Called 'solid punches'.
Making quality punches over a century.

 

[jeepinerdeep]

I have a big Mac that starts at 1/2 or 5/8 and tapers up. I would have assumed the OEM was Proto. I can't find anything on Mac or Proto's site though.

I can get the # off of it if you want to try to scour Ebay or something like that.

Between that and a race punch, I got by.

 

[Dobbin]

Thanks for the suggestions. We have gone down the homemade route as you see.

I was looking for a more tidy option for my box.
I ended up with a Wiha 16mm although it looks a bit short and was difficult to find in the Euro website. Also manged to get a good price on a Cornwell 18in 1/2in so wil lsee how they look when they arrive.