The punching process shears through metal to create a hole. Once the workpiece is clamped into a die set, male punches and female dies are inserted so that the sheet metal is cut into the desired ...

but a set of manual punches and a ball peen hammer offer more flexibility. Never ever hold a sheet-metal workpiece in your hands when drilling, and always clamp it down when you can. When setting ...

The punch and die set were strong enough to form 14-gauge sheet steel in a press brake, which is pretty impressive. The tool wasn’t used to cut the metal; the blanks were precut with a laser ...

Using 3D printed forms to bend sheet ... on a set of printed dies isn’t out of the question. Logically, it would seem plastic isn’t an ideal choice for punching and shaping metal.