Place the die over the draw stud before inserting the stud through the pilot hole.
How to best make a 2 hole in sheet metal.
Simply sandwich the sheet metal between two pieces of wood and clamp everything down on a table or workbench.
Place your sheet metal on your steel block and position your centre punch at a central point in your cut out design.
At first locate the center of the whole.
Next use a compass to outline the edge of the hole.
For clean precise holes in thin sheet metal make a wood sandwich.
This will create dimples in the sheet.
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The wooden bread layers of the sandwich keep the sheet metal flat and prevent the drill bit from wandering as it bores through the sheet metal.
Tap your hammer to leave an indentation on the sheet metal.
The punch is then.
Now it s time to use that center punch.
Put your ink to the use and mark the hole center.