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[metalmagpie]

I like to restore old machines. I saw a turret punch recently that looked like a good candidate. Here are before and after pix:

Before:

After:

Thanks for looking!

metalmagpie

 

[readhead]

The Wiedemann's have a vacation home here in Durango that I worked on and it was interesting to hear about the history of the company. When I was in the sheet metal business in San Diego we had several of their machines. Nice job on the restoration.

 

[Erampu]

Very nice!

 

[gasserdan]

Great job. Can you show a picture of what it does?

 

[larry_g]

For those who don't know that is a hole punch. The upper round carrier carries a series of punches in different sizes and shapes. The lower carrier has the die. If you want a 1/2" hole in a piece of material you rotate the carriers till the 1/2" punch and die come to the front and then align the material and pull the handle. Very easy to do a lot of holes quick if you set up a guide.

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[Tundruz]

Nice resto job, plan on making some coins with the slugs?

 

[metalmagpie]

This turret punch is set up to make holes, not slugs. The way I work is to lay out the hole centers and then center punch them. I installed punches that have center points. I use the center points to find the center punches and then punch the holes right where I wanted them. This does produce slugs but they are deformed somewhat by the center points. You can flatten them with a hammer but they don't look pretty.

I like punching holes because it's so much faster than drilling them. I already had several kinds of punches but all of them only mount one punch/die set at a time, making switching between sizes cumbersome. The big advantage of a turret punch is that you can simply rotate the platens and punch a different size.

metalmagpie

 

[rburke65]

Seems like it would be difficult to punch where you want to. How do ya see?

 

[KRB52]

I'm surprised they don't have the upper and lower turrets linked to turn together, avoiding the possibility of mismatching the punch with the anvil.

 

[metalmagpie]

I'm surprised they don't have the upper and lower turrets linked to turn together, avoiding the possibility of mismatching the punch with the anvil.

That's a Rotex thing. My turrets are linked. All Wiedemamn turrets are.

metalmagpie

 

[John in OH]

Nice refurb!!!!

How thick steel can you punch? Or, I guess it would be a function of the hole size desired??

 

[58Yeoman]

How cool is that? Sure beats drilling. That'd be great for building dashes for hot rods.