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Re: Cutting stainless steel discs

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Originally Posted by petek
Assuming you want the disks to be flat, unless you have access to a serious (like 10 ton or so) punch press, I'd go with Dave's or Andy's suggestions. Whitney's chart says you'd need 4+ tons to punch 1" dia. in 24 ga stainless.
I think have access to a pretty serious press here. Unfortunately, we don't have the right tooling to punch out such a piece. Any idea where I could find some?
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