hole punch for tobacco tin ideas please :) ?

[Fivetide]

All great ideas but I have to be quite accurate with the holes, after marking them out then drilling chances are they won’t be that accurate. The PCB has about 5 mounted parts that need to go through the holes on different sides and there’s no play. Plus they have to be neat. So that’s why Im thinking of making a template I can slip over the edge of the tin box, sort of an inverted U shape and then using a hardened bolt that’s been cut down with a cutting edge done on a lathe that then screws through the die and punches out the holes.

[Clive S]

A bit like these:-
Q.max Sheet Metal Hole Punch 25mm
But I don't think they are made down to 5mm. ...Clive

[cropwell]

Or perhaps this ? Buy Punch & Die Kits Hand punch kit with die key RS DA1230 online from RS for next day delivery. ....Rob

[Fivetide]

A bit like these:-
Q.max Sheet Metal Hole Punch 25mm
But I don't think they are made down to 5mm. ...Clive

Hit the nail on the head Clive .. same idea but a rectangle block that fits over the tins side :)

Or perhaps this ? Buy Punch & Die Kits Hand punch kit with die key RS DA1230 online from RS for next day delivery. ....Rob

Wish I had seen this ages ago wouldnt have struggled with those crappy paper punches :) thanks Cropwell

[birchy]

Easy enough to make your own punches and dies using something like EN8. Heat to cherry red and quench in oil to harden. It's about time you built a CNC punching machine.