Reel Repair by Alan Tani

I have been scouring the internet for a concentric hollow punch set and can only find 2 and they are pricey and in America. As I am based in Australia, can anyone tell me if ALLPAX or ALLSTATE GASKET ship internationally, or better still can anyone point me in the right direction for a metric set similar to the ones below:

http://www.allstategasket.com/info_gasket-tools-punch02.asp#16

http://www.guardaircorp.com/allpax/products/hollow-punch-kits-metric.html


Any help or advice is greatly appreciated,

Sam.

Sant,

I need to make some drags also, and I was referred to these two sets by Erik on ebay of cfdrag who sells sheets of carbon fiber. I saw the ones you listed when I was doing my original search for punch sets and the cost was prohibitive for my occasional useage. Compared to the ones you listed, shipping on these overseas would still be cost effective compared to the others.

- Grip 61080 27-Piece Hollow Punch Set  49.00  @WALMART

http://www.ebay.com/itm/280968700385?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1436.l2649#ht_3297wt_1329  $25

Leo

Those eBay kits might be the go - even if I have to buy 2 kits to get all the sizes I need.

I just got a quote from the Australian distributor of the 16 piece Allpax kit in my opening post and it is just shy of $800 (Australian dollars). I can buy a lot of pre-made washers for that sort of coin.

In the US there is a large national company that sells mostly imported, mostly Chinese, tools cheap.  I purchased this 9 pc. set. http://www.harborfreight.com/catalogsearch/result?q=hollow+punch.  They are not metric but do not think that level of precision is necessary.  Do not know if they will ship to you.  Maybe someone on the west coast could get them and mail to you.

I suspect there is a similar outfit in AU?  I found two sets at this site. http://www.hobbytools.com.au/punches/.  They are called hole punches, same thing.