Neiko 02612A Hand Held Power Punch and Sheet Metal Hole Punch Kit, Cr-V 3/32" x 9/32"

I've been using this tool for about four months. It is a solid piece of work. You are not going to knock any holes in anything more than 20 gauge sheet metal with any kind of comfort, quickness or ease. I use this tool to punch holes in 28 gauge sheet metal dog tags for the local sports team I support. It works well for that. PROs- Love the available size hole punch sets, love the quick change between sizes. I use two sizes every time and the change is quick and easy. The female die, male die, and handle attachments are hand (finger) adjustable. Really like this tool for what I bought it for- punching holes in thin gauge sheet metal. Does a great job in a variety of sizes. price is great. Tools works well. Die change is very easy. The case is functional and supports changing dies and sizes. Highly recommend. Index points on dies help ensure holes go where you want them. You can adjust the female die to create knock-outs, hanging chads, and clean holes. The mechanical advantage of the tool makes punching holes in thin gauge metal easy. Punching holes with one hand is easy. that's good because keeping things on target and aligned is tricky; not difficult, just tricky and requires practice. It still takes two hands to open the tool and clear punched metal. The main point here is the tool's design facilitates freeing your project as well as it does punching the hole. CONs- very worthless, not sure why it's included, afterthought of a screw driver. Really?????? I mean, why bother if the worthless piece of tinfoil is all you can do? You don't need this thing. It really doesn't detract from the function of the tool. However, it is listed as a selling component and isn't worth shipping costs to include. I think they had to go out of their way to find a metal as soft and pliable as the type they are using. Don't breath too hard or you'll bend it. I think holding it in your hand too long softens it up. Very minor point but, disappointing none the less.

I use this tool often to punch small holes into aluminum for my hand stamped jewelry. Very durable and good quality. I have smaller and slightly arthritic hands and this tool is easy and painless for me to press down on and use. I found most of the tools I tried that were actually made for aluminum jewelry were too weak and hard to use. These are great. The only thing I’d change is that they came with an even smaller hole option as I use the smallest one already. Great tool! I look forward to using all the other options for much larger projects.

I am very happy with this product. I was just hoping to get a couple holes punched, but it worked great. I punched holes in the Harbor Freight One Drawer unit to do some customization, and it worked great. For the price, you can't beat it. (if you do not have hand strength, do not get this) It was not too difficult, but if you are not very strong, it may not work that great for you.

Having gone through SEVERAL leather punches in the last few weeks, I have finally found something that will get the job done. This is without a doubt the most powerful and easiest to use punch I have ever encountered. It's also built like a tank. I've only punched leather with it, but it goes through leather like a hot knife through butter. It does not make as clean a hole as a hollow tube punch, but it is so much easier to make a hole, one can kinda overlook the little bit of roughness on the leather. The only other hassle is changing bits and dies. It just takes more time, but unless you're in a real rush, it's still worth every second it takes to make the changes. It has a depth stop that makes it really convenient for punching successive holes, as in sewing leather. The item is made in Taiwan, but I would still highly recommend it to anyone who wants a REAL punch that requires little effort to use. And last, but not least, is the ridiculously low price of the item. Seems it should cost 2 or 3 times as much.

This is what one would call a "heavy duty" tool. The whole thing is solid casted metal machined to good precision. Heart of the tool are the punch and die pairs. There are 7 of them, from a little less than 1/8" to a little over 1/4". All pairs fit well together out of the box. The larger sizes tend to fit looser though. I tried all of them on an old computer case and all holes came out clean. Hole sizes were also accurate. In terms of usability, I recently used it in a project to punch around forty 1/4" holes on 26g flashings. This is what I found: 1) The throat depth (1-3/4") is good enough for most uses. But the jaw opening is pretty small, 1/4" according to spec. Since the jaw is fixed, you have to retract the punch side all the way and unscrew the die side way down to get that. My flashings has a 1/8" lip and getting it in and out of the jaw was awkward. 2) Since the jaw is fixed and narrow, it is very difficult to center your hole by sight. One option is to use a center punch to mark the hole first and then use the pointed tip of the tool's punch to center on the mark by feel. What I ended up doing was to turn the tool upside down to see my pencil mark through the die. Then I applied small pressure until I see the dimple caused by the punch's pointed tip at my mark before punching through. 3) To make good holes, the die must protrude a little above the bottom of the jaw. However, the die only fits (screw-in) loosely, so you must check/adjust it for every hole. 4) On the other hand, you should not protrude the die into the jaw to much; otherwise, the handles will spread very far apart and you will need two hands to operate the tool. I made a mistake at the beginning and made some holes one size (1/32") too small. I switched to the right size and was able to make clean holes over the smaller ones. Overall, I was impressed. By the way, the tool is made in Taiwan, which I found to have better QA than China. Even so, I think the 16g capacity is overstated.

I needed a holepunch that would punch through cans. Originally I ordered a punch that advertised the ability to punch through thin metal. Perhaps they were talking about foil. The pink handles should have been a clue, I guess. It did not punch through cans. It was no Bueno. Went on another search and found these NEIKO punches. The pictures showed men punching through car metals. Excellent. I ordered. This punch is WONDERFUL. It punches through cans like butter, perfect clean holes, no sharp edges, and has sizes that fit my grommets. The handles are sized for a man's hand, but I can still use it with my small arthritic hands. I highly recommend.

I bought my "Neiko Hand Held Power Punch" to punch holes in dog collars that have the plastic covered nylon web. It does an excellent job, but does leave a little fur from the webbing. It is constructed from cast iron (heavily built like a tank) and requires very minimal effort to punch through the webbed collars. It comes as pictured in the plastic case with molded slots for everything. The punches & dies are very close tolerance, but those fine nylon hairs are hard for any tool to cut cleanly. It punches 95% of the webbing through with the two sides of the plastic coating. The jaws are only open slightly wider than 1/4", which necessitates good light and turning the tool so you can see down through the hole in the die to line up on your marks. The depth gauge is adjustable to ~2" and is marked, but no marks on the tool to line them up with...No big deal because I would measure it first anyway. As others have noted, the supplied screwdriver tool is stamped from very soft steel and will twist out of shape on the first use...Just figure on using a short flat screwdriver from the get go. It is stamped as made in Taiwan, but workmanship is very good...At least it's not made in China! I tested it on thin gauge steel and a 1" plastic strip (.020" thick) that I use as a template to mark the hole locations on the collars...Worked well on both. Bottom line here: An excellent heavy duty tool that is a steal @ $27.79 with 2 day shipping on the "Prime"! It is from eToolscity (Fulfilled by Amazon) and was surprised to receive it the next day!

The 9/32" broke. It is only sad because i dont know where to buy replacement punchs for this. I really wanted to like this product. Im lost.