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What are dovetail punches?
Allpax dovetail punches are designed for quickly and easily making tight, interlocking joints for a gasket of any flange width. Dovetail joints offer superior tensile strength owing to their trapezoidal shaped pins & tails that fit together like a jigsaw puzzle. This enhances the quality and workmanship of a structure or piece of furniture. In comparison to a series of nails or screws, the angles of the pins & tails are much more effective at providing structural strength.
These dovetail punches feature a tongue and groove design that fits tightly together, thus creating an interlocking joint between two pieces that resist being pulled apart in any direction, except one. This dovetail interlock guarantees a comfortable fit before compression. As soon as the gasket is under compression, the interlock seizes, eliminating any possible leak paths.
Browse through Raptor Supplies' online catalogue of Allpax dovetail punches to find the perfect tool for your needs. Made from durable & heat treated alloy steel, these Allpax dovetail punches have a finely honed cutting edge. As a result, the operator can extend the use of scrap by forming large pieces from smaller ones. Allpax dovetail punches also reduce labour cost by easily making only one cut without pre measuring, marking or scoring. They are capable of handling gaskets with thicknesses ranging from 3/4 to 3 inches. They have an open view design, so guesswork can be eliminated, since a clear view is available at all times, and waste of costly gasket materials can be significantly reduced. Allpax dovetail punches come with a padded rubber grip to offer maximum comfort during continuous operations. The operator can also use more than one piece of gasket material by dovetailing the pieces together.
Also check out our comprehensive range of punch and chisel sets from brands like Allpax, Westward, Dewalt, Stanley, Wright Tool & Proto.
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AMayhew prick punches are suitable for scribing lines in metal workpieces before cutting or riveting. These hex punches feature a sharp angle tip for easily scribing through hard metals and black oxide finished steel construction for impact strength & resistance against abrasive conditions. Choose from a broad range of these prick punches, available in 3/16 & 1/8 inch tip sizes.
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AProto centre punches are designed for scribing and punching sheet metal workpieces for metalworking, woodworking, production, manufacturing and maintenance & repair applications. These prick punches feature reverse taper for binding prevention and one-piece design for impact strength & durable operation. They feature heat-treated S2 steel construction, modified parabolic striking end for minimising chipping & mushrooming and black oxide finish for complete resistance against abrasive fluids & chemicals. Choose from a wide range of these solid punches, available in 4.75, 5 and 5.25 inch length variants on Raptor Supplies.
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CHand held punches are designed to remove pins and bushings, as well as cut or split steel objects. Raptor Supplies offers a wide array of these hand-held punches, such as aligning, arc, bar, bull pin, bearing race, drive pin, drift, hollow and dovetail punches from brands like Allpax, Ampco, Proto, Stanley, General, Keysco Tools, Klein Tools and Westward. The dovetail punches are ideal for fabricating interlocked dove-tail joints when the outside diameter of the gasket is larger than the width of the material to be cut. These units feature high-strength steel construction and a padded rubber grip to offer maximum comfort during continuous operations. For quick and easy precision hole-punching on flange gaskets, hollow punches are an ideal option because of their unique design capable of making both single diameter holes (bolt holes) and dual-diameter rings (washers) in one operation. They have a hardened steel hollow cutting head that stays sharp for utmost performance.