Punching Copper Sheet

It is still quite pliable but to punch it requires quite a bit of pressure.

Punching copper sheet.

Country accents is the major source of artistic hand punched tin copper and brass since 1979 offering designs from the popular folk art pierced tin to historically accurate re creations of traditional punched and pierced tin panels as in the old shaker style furniture pie safes jelly cupboards and more. Is the next thickest copper sheet. This rubbing creates more friction and heat increasing the chances for galling. When punching a round hole the hole naturally collapses slightly after the punch tip penetrates the sheet.

This tends to equalize the sheet stretching of both halves. You can tell from the marks on the sample that i had a hard time trying to get a punch to work with this thickness. Back taper can help here. A straight punch can rub against the workpiece material throughout the stroke.

When a hole is punched in sheet metal work either with cnc punch press tooling fly presses or power presses the action on the tooling process is the same within the material. I had to step on it to get the punch to work you can still use a pair of scissors to cut it. Approved sheet metal has punch forming capabilities in house so you can get sheet metal parts fast. Custom sizing and designs is our specialty.

Our punch operators have 15 years of experience in punch forming prototype to low volume production quantities. Punching sheet metal parts.