Gutshot Report post Posted February 23, 2017 Ok, I grabbed this guys image off instagram, his work, not mine so I tried to leave his name on there... but I'm wondering if anyone knows an efficient way to make punched beads like this or is it just going to be a bunch of time spent with the punches? One punch and an awl? Two concentric punches? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dwight Report post Posted February 23, 2017 The outside would be done first, . . . using an arbor press, . . . maybe 4 at a time, . . . at least two. The inside hole, . . . lay em all out flat, . . . touching each other, . . . hair side up, . . . mallet and small hand punch, . . . done in short order. Anyway, . . . that's how I'd do it. May God bless, Dwight Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gutshot Report post Posted February 23, 2017 Yeah, that's the process I was kind of thinking... just didn't know if anyone had a big secret method. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
byggyns Report post Posted February 24, 2017 With doing this many, having a clicker press would be handy. with a clicker die, you could punch both the outside and the center at the same time. A less expensive way would be to have a hole punching die connected to a hand press or arbor press. you could have 2 dies, one for the outer and another for the inner. Doing it by hand with a drive punch is certainly doable, but I would get tired of it pretty quickly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gutshot Report post Posted February 24, 2017 Yeah... The saving grace would be just doing a few now and again with your scraps, tossing them in a bin and then some point down the road using them when you have enough. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
