Historex Agents Punches no more...

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Hello All,

Some of you may know this news already but I thought I would share it anyway.

I recently went out to the Historex Agents web site looking for their hex shaped punch and die set and saw that the web page said they were not available anymore. So I contacted them to find out if they were not producing them anymore or just out of stock and would have them again at a later time.

Well the information I received back from Historex is that the company that they had to produce the two punch sets the round and hex shapes were no longer going to produce them or as quoted from the reply “Sorry the company which made these for us has now stopped.”

So unless someone else picks this up like Roll Models did when Waldron decided to retire and not produce the two round punch sets that made, we will not be seeing another set like this anytime soon which I hope I will be wrong on at some point in the future or unless you can find them on eBay.

And I was so looking forward to possible getting a set of them. [:(]

Regards,
Thom

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I know it’s probably a real PITA, but it might not be impossible to make your own. Here’s a place that sells hexagonal bar stock, as small as 2mm http://www.metricmetal.com/products/hex.htm?gclid=CNbb8PzzqaECFRRM5QodjkUZFQ

Maybe you can work with a machine shop to make the die part, get a few made and sell the others to recoup the cost.

Just a thought.

-Fred

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Fred,

Thanks for the link, that is one idea. After some more research I found the the 4 sizes that are offered in the Historex set are standard Allen Key sizes, so armed with that information I will try some testing in that direction as well.

Cheers, Thom