Pin Punches - what's worth it?

[rlitman]

I always buy Mayhew punches. They work good for me.

Mayhew sells every tier, from barely above Dasco level **** to Snap On OEM, so can you be more specific?

 

[Steve_P]

The Mayhew Pro punches are good, but IMO Starrett is more durable; I have both.

 

[Wamsutta]

Mayhew sells every tier, from barely above Dasco level **** to Snap On OEM, so can you be more specific?

I have four Mayhew pin punches. I'll read to you what they say:

413 MAYHEW USA 3/16
413 MAYHEW USA 7/32
413 MAYHEW USA 1/4
443 MAYHEW USA 3/8

 

[Chris_Hamilton]

I've got the Mayhew Pro punches in both standard pin punch and roll punches as well. Excellent quality IMO. And priced very fairly.

 

[Zewnten]

Thanks for sharing pics. I have the Proto chisel set and some misc punches. Great steel. Used heavily in the industrial field. Old Williams and S-K were reputable too.

I always had a hankering for this pin punch set, but never owned them:

They held up very well. I was worried the chrome would chip in use but almost never did. Mine also had a heat shrink USAF coating on them.

 

[Indexmill]

Need high quality sets of pin and rollpin punches. Starrett is the golden standard by which all others are judged. The trick is to get somebody else to pay for these new tools.