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Different tips huh? I didn’t know that.Originally Posted by bkb0000
I have a couple of the Snap On pencil sized automatic center punches from when I turned wrenches and did aircraft sheet metal work, but I never knew about center punches offering different shaped tips.
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Do you side-stake or top-stake with the spring loaded punch?
On a side note: What do the factories use as a staking ficture? Did Ned just make a smaller, consumer version?
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different manufacturers are gonna use different methods.. i would GUESS that most just use spring loaded punches.
Last edited by bkb0000; 09-19-09 at 00:30.
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The only “problem” I see with using the automatic center punch for side staking is, unless the center punch is adjustable, I have no control over the depth of the stake.
I’m kinda partial to the hand stake method due to the control I have over the staking tool and hammer. I can basically “customize” my stakes placement, size, angle, width, depth, ect.
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you can turn the tension up or down with the knob on the back.. for carrier keys, you turn it all the way up, and it's still going to take 4-6+ clicks to create a good stake- which is good, 'cause it lets you shape the stake.
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You'd think bending a little metal wouldn't be so complicated.A couple bucks, and about 5 minutes of work. Hammer not included.
The moaks surely has it's place, but the average guy doesn't need it for an occassional stake job.
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This is what can be construed in software development circles as an "Infinite Loop"!!
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The threads were combined after I posted that.This is what can be construed in software development circles as an "Infinite Loop"!!
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Guys, I really appreciate the support. It is great knowing people are looking out for me!
This is nothing but a little SNAFU. I am making a batch of MOACKS Plains for Brownell's as we type. Same product as pictured on my site.
I've been a customer of Brownell's for, I dunno, maybe 25 years now.... and I have never had a complaint. The individuals there, and the whole company culture and personality, is one of straight dealing. In recent years, they have been a customer of mine too, as they carry my SafePort and EoStickers. Same deal-- they could make wild demands, beat me up on price, string me out on payment or not pay at all (hey, sounds just like when I was in plastics and the customers were from the Big Three)...... but they don't. They've been GREAT to deal with going both ways.
Anyone trying to order this tool has probably been told "out of stock, coming soon"..... exactly right. I probably won't have these ready to go to Brownells for a few more weeks (although I have them in stock here). That pic in the latest catalog is the wrong pic and a case of bad timing (like me not getting these done quick enough). As you can imagine, the gestation on making thousands of catalogs is long and unpredictable. That catalog got done before the product.
Thanks again for the concern and support-- when I saw this kinda thought it might happen...... basically, you guys are so predictably "a great bunch of guys".
Last edited by Ned Christiansen; 09-19-09 at 13:35.
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