If your new to leather working or gasket making you might ask: “how much do hole punches cost”?
That information is very easy to find on the internet but that is the goal of this site, to supply you with this information so you won’t have to go looking for it elsewhere. We do the digging for you and will continue to do so but you will still have to choose what tool will serve you best.
Lets start with the revolving punch. There are numerous brands and the same goes for quality. If you are going to be making a lot of holes, for many years to come, you probably should purchase a good quality punch.
The Herm Sprenger revolving hole punch is a very good quality tool and sells for $42 to $50 dollars depending on where you purchase it. Due to their better leverage options, the Sprenger punch requires 70% less strength usage then your average leather punch. This is a blessing if you have a lot of holes to punch in one sitting!
Nunn Finer Drop Forged Leather Punchs are good quality and sell for around $35 dollars.
The Roma Top Notch Hole Punch is another quality tool selling for about $18 dollars.
Punches in the mid range sell from $7 to $15 dollars and on Amazon.com you can purchase them at very reasonable prices.
Now we’ll review hollow hole punch sets.
Purchasing a set is a very cost effective way to obtain a nice set of punches, for it is generally cheaper then buying one punch at a time. Sets can be purchased in standard and metric diameters, and contain from 4 to 21 pieces ranging in size from 1/8in to 3/4in or 2.5mm to 19.5mm.
The less expensive sets consist of hardened, one piece, hollow head steel punches. The more expensive sets consist of a tool handle with interchangable hollow punch heads. Both types do a really good job and I believe the choice of buying one over the other would have to be a personal one.
Average cost for the one piece punch sets.
* 4 pc set about $6 dollars
* 6 pc set $7 to $9 dollars
* 10 pc set $9 to $15 dollars
* 12 pc set $9 to $20 dollars.
You can pay a lot more for these sets, but in my opinion, it is not necessary.
Average cost for the interchangable head punch sets.
* 7pc set $9 dollars
* 9pc set $26 to $35 dollars
* 12pc set $12 to $40 dollars
* 13pc set $29 to $36 dollars
Purchasing one punch at a time.
Buying tools one at a time can be very expensive, although sometimes it is necessary. If you have children then you probably have had some of your tools “mysteriously” disappear. Or, you lend one out and that’s the last time you see it! So every now and then, for one reason or another, we have to replace one of our prized tools.
Single punches cost from $3 to $4o dollars and higher, with an average for those under an inch in diameter around $6 to $10 dollars. Here are some online suppliers.
Ebay.com is a great source of leather working tools.
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