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You can use this section of our web site to provide you with various resources useful to engineers, buyers or anyone interested in CNC machining of both metals and plastics, sheet metal fabrication, and metalworking in general.

Using the horizontal link bar at the top of this page, you can find our tooling inventory for sheet metal punches, process guides, purchasing guides, engineering guides and more.

Sheet Metal Punch Tooling

design and purchasing help for machining and sheetmetal fabrication

Shown (left) are various punch tools used in our CNC punch presses to make the shaped cut-outs in your finished sheet metal parts. In the picture you can see two square punch bodies, round die, square die, and two different sized holders.

The tooling above is manufactured by Mate Precision Tooling. Amada and Wilson Tool are other popular brands available also.

When do tooling charges apply?

Most jobs do not require special tooling purchases because established sheet metal fabricators have large varieties of tooling on hand for projects. If your part requires a special shape cut-out or a special formed feature that existing tooling cannot efficiently achieve, then tooling charges probably apply.

Types of Tooling Charges

Typically tooling charges for precision sheet metal are for punch press tooling which might be but are not limited to special shape cut-outs (punch press tooling), forming tools such as special size louver tools, lancing tools, inscription tools, embossing tools, countersink chips and card guide tools. There are also instances where press brake tooling and welding fixtures are charged. These tools are both purchased or can sometimes be fabricated in-house.

Forming Features in Sheet Metal Fabrication

louvers used in precision sheet metal fabrication

Ribs are generally used to stiffen sheet metal enclosures

card guides are used to hold computer and networking cards in custom sheet metal enclosures

Click on any of the above forming features to learn more. You can find out how to dimension these features, see lists of available tooling, find usage tips, and learn more about where and why each shape is used. **This feature of our site is not complete yet.