hi karen… just make sure you don’t let the disc cutter bounce on
the metal. using a hydraulic press is the easiest way to insure a
clean cut. to cut the inside hole i use superglue to hold the two
discs together. does any of this actually answer to your question??? jane
Precision Brand Co. makes a self centering punch and die set for
making washers, shims, and gaskets that will cut up to 5/8" ID and
3/4" OD in .025" thick material available from Reid Tool Supply 2265
Black Creek Road Muskegon, MI 49444-2684 for about $150.00 if you are
interested. The set comes with ID guides for centering and they also
have a larger size set that cuts up to 1 1/4" OD. HTH
back in 0/701 mj bennett asked about how to easily make washers.
the question was how to get the center hole on center.
bronwen heilman wrote a step by step article in the october 2002
issue of lapidary journal called “capping beads.” she explains how
to do the washers using a transfer punch, which is a metal cylinder
with a sharp point on the end. she puts the disc she just cut back
into the disc cutter, puts a transfer punch of the same size into the
disc cutter and then punches the center. lots of times the disc
doesn’t come out right away, so if you used the transfer punch then,
you would have no doubt that the disc was centered in the hole.
i found transfer punch suppliers via google. this tip has come at
just the right time for a project i’m working on…
jean adkins