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Thursday, April 16, 2020

Do You Have a Jammed Punch?


I recently had a punch that jammed. It was few years old so not under warranty, so I called the wonderful people at Demo Support to see if they had any suggestions.
  • Drop or throw it gently on a carpeted surface.
  • Step on it to punch through card.
  • Put it in the freezer overnight.
I tried the freezer option and it worked. The metal shrinks in the cold and then expands again when warm. Whatever is misaligned fixes itself during the shrinking stage.
A Demo friend of mine stepped on an old punch she had. She said it made a horrible noise and she thought she’d broken it, but it started working again.
    Did you know that you could sharpen punches by punching through aluminum foil?