Massachusetts ISO: punches to borrow kettle holes in Franklin County/western worcester countt

[JeffLacoy]

Need to punch some holes for a herms coil, weldless thermowells and heating elements.

Anyone in the area with the appropriate sized punches for these I could borrow for a fee? Not dropping $100+ on some tools I'll only use once. Bueller?

 

[babski]

What size do you need?

 

[h22lude]

I'm in RI so a little bit of a drive but I bought punches from Harbor Freight for $20 ($25 with 20% off). I needed to make a hole for 1.5" TC fitting and it worked well.

https://www.harborfreight.com/knock.../www.homebrewtalk.com/showthread.php?t=625462

 

[JeffLacoy]

I think I need 13/16 for my weldless fittings, and 1.25" for the heating elements. Sent you a message babski.

I guess the harbor freight ones are conduit punches, the labeled sizes don't actually correlate to the exact size of the hole they make, just which size conduit they work for.

 

[h22lude]

I think I need 13/16 for my weldless fittings, and 1.25" for the heating elements. Sent you a message babski.

I guess the harbor freight ones are conduit punches, the labeled sizes don't actually correlate to the exact size of the hole they make, just which size conduit they work for.

Correct. The 1-3/4" worked perfectly for the 1.5" TC bulkhead.

If you have a HF near by, go buy the set and set it out on paper. If it doesn't work, just return it. They take everything back.