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Hi, I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van

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Freedom. These are my Mayhew six-two-two-one-five center

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punches. I mainly used them on twenty-twenty

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aluminum extrusion, and also before drilling other

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metal on the roof and inside the

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van. A quick starting dimple helped my

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drill bits begin exactly where I wanted

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the hole. This inexpensive set earned my

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recommendation. The matching product picture shows four

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separate pointed punches. They are marking tools,

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used before the drill starts cutting.

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The point creates a small starting location;

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the drill bit makes the finished hole.

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Those are two different stages,

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so the punch point size is not

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the final hole diameter.

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Without a starting dimple,

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my drill bit could wander as it

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began cutting. That could leave the hole

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away from the position I wanted.

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The diagram separates the marked location,

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the punch mark and the drill starting

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in that mark. It explains what I

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wanted the punch to do,

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before any bolt went into the assembly.

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My roof-mount photographs show the profiles,

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connector pieces and joint hardware from the

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build. I cut the added light-bar beam

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and made three short connector pieces.

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Drilling those connectors came before joining the

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different extrusion and rack hardware.

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The photographs show the assembled connections and

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the position of their fasteners.

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Laying out the work and starting the

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hole are separate from the later bolt-fitting

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job. The illustrative workshop footage shows measuring

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and holding a workpiece.

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My assembly then involved getting the slot

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nuts into position while starting the bolts.

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A good hole location helped set up

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that later stage; the punch was the

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marking tool in that sequence.

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I also preferred these Mayhew punches to

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the punch included in my ZORUNNA kit.

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The Mayhew tools felt more solid and

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stable when I struck them against metal.

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The kit punch moved around more.

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The matching kit picture keeps that comparison

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tied to the product I actually used,

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rather than treating every punch as identical.

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My page has two researched alternatives.

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The Mayhew twenty-four-thousand-three is a single hammer-struck

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center punch, rather than an assortment.

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The Starrett eighteen A uses a spring

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mechanism and an adjustable stroke to make

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the mark without a separate hammer.

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Their pictures show the different arrangements.

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My firsthand recommendation here is for the

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Mayhew set. Thanks for watching.

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I'm Steve Smith with Camper Van Freedom.

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We covered my Mayhew center punches,

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starting dimples and the layout work behind

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my drilled roof connections.

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The full review, build pictures,

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related ZORUNNA review and current Amazon buying

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options are linked below.

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Until next time.