On Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:19:04 -0600, "DanG" wrote:

I'll bite. I may be totally incorrect, not all that unusual a
position. If you are talking about punching pattern holes in "tin
plate" like in an antique pie cupboard or similar, I think you
will find it is galvanized steel plate.

Isn't the zinc stuff that's punched simply sheet zinc, rather than zinc
plated steel ? It's soft and quite easy to work.

Here in Europe it's reasonably common to use sheet zinc for bar
countertops. In France and Belgium it's traditional.