I have some very thin brass flashing and want to cut a hole in it. To thin
for a whole saw. Making hole protectors for bird houses

On Wed, 09 May 2007 01:48:04 GMT, "Jack" wrote:

I have some very thin brass flashing and want to cut a hole in it. To thin
for a whole saw. Making hole protectors for bird houses

Sandwich it between two pieces of 1/4 ply (or almost any two pieces of
wood), clamp tight and drill with your favorite bit.

Alternatively, get a piece of pipe with right OD and sharpen the end
of it with a file to make a hole punch (bevel the inside, not the
outside) Put the brass on a piece of scrap, position the pipe, and
give the pipe a good whack.

HTH,

Paul Franklin

I have some very thin brass flashing and want to cut a hole in it. To thin
for a whole saw.

Then maybe you need a half saw.
More seriously, I agree that clamping between two thin pieces of wood
should work fine.
Good luck,
Andy

"Jack" wrote in message
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I have some very thin brass flashing and want to cut a hole in it. To thin
for a whole saw. Making hole protectors for bird houses

You could always draw the circle you need on the brass and cut it out with a
scroll saw.
muzzleloader

"Paul Franklin" wrote in message
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Alternatively, get a piece of pipe with right OD and sharpen the end
of it with a file to make a hole punch (bevel the inside, not the
outside) Put the brass on a piece of scrap, position the pipe, and
give the pipe a good whack.

HTH,

Paul Franklin


This method gets my vote.

You can also check out Harbor Freight. They usually have cheap hole punch
sets that are just like this but already sharp and heat treated. They might
be named gasket punches.

If you want to make your own chucking it up in a lathe and ro0tating it
while using a dremmel tool with a stone would make short work of the task.

--

Roger Shoaf

About the time I had mastered getting the toothpaste back in the tube, then
they come up with this striped stuff.