Starrett Automatic Center Punch with Adjustable Stroke - 125mm Length, 14mm Diameter Tapered Point û 18A

Ive had cheaper versions of these auto center punches which arent as durable or last as long as this one. It is truly a case of you get what you pay for.

Used it to punch dimples on aluminum to drill holes

Ive used this tool for two years now. Its still in like new condition. I was using it at work today and a coworker was admiring it. He had me order one for him.

I’ve used quite a few of these, and this one seems to be the best quality and most consistent. Easy to hold, durable, and simple. You’re paying for quality, after all it is a starrett. I use this multiple times a day at work and haven’t had any issues. The cheaper ones tend to break, so it’s worth spending a bit more to have a reliable tool Would recommend

Whats to say, its a Starrett! Ez to use and powerful when needed. Good stuff!

Being a Starrett product it is first class materials and workmanship. I like the hex cap…keeps it from rolling around.

Just an amazing tool, easy to use and works perfect.

Sure you can get a less expensive one handed auto center punch. I have had a few. Sometimes the tips dull and aren’t as hard as they should be, or won’t dent that harder steel. This one will & should last a long time. Treated like a fine tool should be it will still be doing it’s job after your gone. I am spending quite a bit of time & $$ upgrading many tools with pro level stuff. I’m not a pro but center punch used a lot. Even limited use tools, take this piece of wisdom from an old guy. Buy the good stuff. When you need it you need it and want it to work, not break.

I had one of these gems for over 20 years, on my third point, and someone walked away with it. Got by with an inferior and irritating model from General and decided to pick up tried and true again. If this is a tool you use much at all, it is so worth spending the extra dollars on the Starrett. I was a little concerned after reading some reviews here that said it was jamming and that it wasnt machined as well, had debris or was dry, etc. Pleased to report that mine is every bit as well machined and finished as the one I got in the 90s. Clean inside, impeccable threading, properly and lightly lubed, anvils are polished for smooth operation, still a nice aggressive knurling, works a treat. Im not an anti-China guy at all but Im really happy to support genuine US manufacturing and thats getting harder and harder to do these days...glad that Starrett has remained through all of the upheaval and changes over the last few decades while so many others have capitulated into a reduction in quality and/or function, or disappeared altogether.

Some time ago, I bought a General Tools automatic center punch &I was always disappointed with it. It was always very hard to push to get it to trigger, no matter how I adjusted it. Also, the tip would always loosen with each punch. But the worse thing is no matter how I had it adjusted, & no matter how carefully I pushed down, When it triggered, the tip ALWAYS jumped off the cross scratch about a 64th of an inch. No good for any precision work. With this Starrett punch I dont have ANY of these problems. The mark is not quite as deep as my old one, but if the job requires a big deep mark, I just put a regular center punch in the little dimple & use a hammer to make it deeper. After putting up with my old General for too long, Im a happy camper now.