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punches


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punches

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Tools that, by repeated sudden impact or by continuous pressure, are used to make pricks, indentations, or perforations in various materials. They are usually in the form of a steel rod with an end that may take a variety of shapes used for marking, blanking, decoration, driving in nails, enlarging an existing hole, or cutting out pieces of a particular shape.

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punches (marking tools)

punch

poinçons

poinçon

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