Countersink Thin Sheet Metal

After drilling a hole in the table for the screw you will be using and the matching hole in the sheet metal use this punch to make a depression in the sheet metal so the screw head sits below the surface of the sheet metal.

Countersink thin sheet metal.

98 of products ordered ship from stock and deliver same or next day. And in doing so your screw joint may be weakened. Here is a web address for a chart that will help with variables such as. Illustration on this page.

3 7 out of 5 stars 82. A forming countersink tool for the punch press is made to your specifications and produces a clean countersink in seconds. Mar 2 2005 5 038 1 0. The sheet metal is thin and often thinner than the height of the cs head.

They have finishing washers you could use for your purpose instead of having to countersink the thin metal sheet unless you want the screw head flat level with the surface. The machined type of countersink is used in a or b series standard units for countersinking up to 10 gage material. Rocaris 3 piece 1 4 hex 12 16 19mm countersink bore set for wood metal quick change bit pack in metal box. No c sink needed no metal removed from the sheet metal and more strength at the area of the screw head.

If you must have the screws flush or a bit below then the depth stop is critical as you will need to stop the cs cutter when the screw head seats just a few thousanths below the surface. The die shown at the left allows the punch and die to bottom the countersink shape into the workpiece at the bottom of the stroke due to the nature of this style material will deform and a burr will occur. Mcmaster carr is the complete source for your plant with over 595 000 products. The old way to make a countersink was a three step process.

Sheet metal countersink chart choose from a variety of standard countersink options which can either be formed or machined into sheet part parts. You may want to leave the head a bit above the surface of the sheet metal. Hardware diameter countersink angle through hole diameter sheet. Machined countersinks are created with a drill press and formed countersinks are made with punch press tooling the best option depends on your project and part geometry.

Punch the hole drill the sink deburr. It eliminates the labor intensive drill and deburr operations. Free shipping on your first order shipped by amazon. Three step processes like this cost unnecessary time and money.