Re: Hole punches

[Alan Cordeiro <cordeiro@avlna.com>]

At 07:33 AM 3/7/96 GMT, you wrote:
>In message <16422BE442B@agcom.tamu.edu> "Al Powell" writes:
>

>> 
>> ASCII art attempt:           __________
>>                              |        |   Large die
>>                              |        |   
>>                               |______|     Small die
>> 
>> 
>> Anyone know what those dies are called?
>
>I call mine a hole punch.  They were indispensible in amateur radio shops back 
>in valve (tube) days, for punching holes in radio chassis.  "The place to go" 
>to buy a set ten to fifteen years ago would have been an amateur radio 
>supplier. Perhaps a friendly ham near you still has a set?  
>
>

Those punches are made by a company called Greenlee, try McMaster Carr (
Illinois )
for the best prices mail order.

Alan