You may want to try something like this? They have many others, probably metric also at reasonable prices. Check out Harbor freight also, if there is one near you.
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Those punches have square tips. They are intended to be used to punch out pins holding parts together. They will not work as center punches. I suppose you could try to grind a point on one.
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I prefer to sandwich the brass between a couple of pieces of wood then drill the hole instead of using a punch to avoid stress and bending....
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Duco Cement, the old fashioned model airplane glue that comes in a tube, is great for temporarily gluing sheet brass to wood. I also keep inexpensive craft plywood on hand for this purpose. I run this brass/plywood laminate through my Byrnes saw to cut distortion free strips.
Phil’s drilling trick sounds like a good idea.
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Phil’s drilling trick sounds like a good idea.
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those are nail sets used as countersinks... not center punches.
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That sounds like a good idea.
I'm going to use it when I start on the deadeyes shortly.
Buy this scribbler, for marking on brass, the very thing you need is a very sharp, and solid tip.
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