Tool Time Tuesday - The Automatic Center Punch

Official Simple Little Life video of: Tool Time Tuesday - the automatic centre punch. Love these little tools. Use them all the time, they're not super expensive and they make very accurate layout for holes a snap.
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[@pauldevey8628]

I must say that your T3 Videos are one of my fav. on youtube. They are short, informative and knowledge and skill easily consumable. Just the right amount of details. Thanks Mate!

[@dymonshavlak5488]

Yes, I did the handle by my self) Thanks Jeremy!

[@mcmahon1130]

Dymon Shavlak Hey, I just wanted to compliment your knife. It looks great.

[@tdoc2651]

I've seen these turned into roll pin drivers for the bolt release pin on ar's. Pretty handy to have!

[@david25876]

I’ve had my blue point for 34 years and it works as the day I bought it.

[@MrAaronchefo]

Oh my God can't belive l forgot about tool time am so sorry lol really love Wat u do can't wait to be as gd as all the views knifes. Thank u x

[@LetsPrepTogether]

Congrats to 40k! Keep on rocking!

[@99GrandAM3400]

That "Blue Point" is made by Lisle for people who want the original manufacturer/don't want to pay snap on price for a non snap on tool.

[@mattbrown5511]

Nice video, short but informative.

[@TheWtfnonamez]

Great video and thx again.

[@playeroflife]

Congrats on 40k subscribers, and great video

[@j.darmonblades5006]

Good stuff Jeremy! you've got yourself my first KZbin comment lol. If you don't post anything before the end of the week, have a merry Christmas! :)

[@moetivateme]

Thanks mate, really informative! Are you thinking about making another VLOG some time again? I really enjoyed these, too.

[@HmmmmmLemmeThinkNo]

They have more expensive automatic centre punches that should last longer, since you use them so much, but for the average hobbyist the cheap ones are def the way to go xD

[@kenmarapese9085]

It was of interest to hear how rescue workers use that tool!

[@carmudgeon7478]

I've had that Blue Point YA 805 for 35 years. It stays in my shirt pocket and gets used every day, along with my Olfa Silver knife.

[@laurensscheerstra6469]

Hi jeremy Would it be possible to grind the knife bevels with a bench grinder? Cheers laurens

[@scove3133]

Hey, Yep that center punch is a great tool, been using that shorter one you showed in your video. I NEVER OPENED MINE UP TO SEE HOW IT WAS ASSEMBLED OR HOW IT WORKS> . BUT, When it went through the wash and my wife told me there were a few brass items in the dryer. I picked up the pieces which included two springs a plastic tube the body, the top and the pointy end. Do you know the order of how it goes back together? Can you lay it out in a photo? Thanks

[@AAAstroPhotography]

Thanks for the video!!! Hey when is the next giveaway?!?! 😜

[@legalsolutions07]

These are pretty simple devices and should be rebuildable given that the wear parts are the hardened point and the spring. Big difference between the aluminum cases and steel cases like on a Starrett or Brown & Sharpe so get a good one and it will last for years.

[@Landrew0]

A word of caution: Don't rely on a cheap automatic center-punch as a rescue glass-breaker. If the metal point isn't much harder than the glass, it will only make divots on the glass, and won't shatter it properly. I tested 2 glass breakers on some car windows in a junkyard, and the cheap one wouldn't break a window, no matter how hard I struck it. The good one shattered the entire window very easily.

[@MrAaronchefo]

Grab a hole marker like the silver 1 in ur pic any way of making them better or buy a new one

[@buddha65281]

I was needing to see the inside parts in order of the snap on punch... mine is not working and pissing me off.

[@MrWayneploof]

If you was to buy a Starrett automatic center punch it would be the last one you would have to buy

[@Simplelittlelife]

Right on. I really do enjoy Starrett tools but have never tried there auto center punch. Might have to give that one a try. Thank 👍

[@superplan89]

So if u use this method Do u still need to drill a pilot hole?

[@jaybrewster2475]

Yes

[@mw2719]

Just remember snap on has a life time warranty or guarantee

[@xowii4life]

I bought one of those tools mine won’t snap or pop as it is supposed to what is being done wrong

[@Simplelittlelife]

Some of them just don’t work well.

[@DEATH_TO_TYRANTS]

Was that a home made draw knife?

[@BrianTheBee]

No, its a homemade sanding block of sorts. The beveled edge is used to get the sandpaper into tight spots like the plunge line of the grind.

[@DEATH_TO_TYRANTS]

Brian Sandoval Thanks!

[@BrianTheBee]

orda Freeman no problem :)

[@ShelleyRaskin]

Been trying to get one of these for ages, my local tool shop guys just scratch their heads, need to go to a tool specialist I suspect, that and a deburrer.

[@Simplelittlelife]

+Shelley Raskin that's a bummer. Around here they've started to sell them at hardware stores and stuff so they're quite easy to come by. Cheers!

[@tomsdreamshopworx]

Not sure where home is. In the US Harbor Freight has one for $4.00

[@binnsbrian]

Get them at Princess Auto

[@nenatill]

I orderd mine on ali expres. See the link.... nl.aliexpress.com/wholesale?catId=100006879&initiative_id=AS_20161224024710&SearchText=automatic+centre+punch

[@nenatill]

In belgium it costs 16€! Ali Expres 2.80€ and free shipping....

[@evelynkardos6885]

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[@JoeB55]

get a starrett

[@Simplelittlelife]

+xsniper3500x I've had 2. Neither have lasted as well as the blue point. That surprises me too because I'm a starrett fan.

[@michalrimmerak1646]

Yes, it is very handy. But dont buy on Aliexpress for 3€. It is a piece of shit made of mud, not tool steel. After 5 strokes is hammering mechanism weared out. But, If you have a lathe and piece of tool steel rod, you can make quality internal parts at home and use only very nice build casing.

[@nenatill]

Ok just orderd mine on ali expres... :-( but i think i can fix it if it is broken....

[@michalrimmerak1646]

I get my money back, after I send to seller some pictures of broken mechanism after few strikes. And then, I repaired it and now it is working.

[@nenatill]

Ok, nice to know. Thnkx.

[@moldoveanudragos9306]

If you Use it to brake glass it will blunt the tip. I think glass definetly has a higher hardness than the tip of the autocentre punch.