How To Hole Punch Aluminum Plate

First,Place the aluminum under a drill press and secure it in place. Make sure there’s a metal cutting bit in the press. Slowly drill down and pierce the aluminum. A drill press with a metal bit will pierce any thickness of aluminum.

Punching Square or Hexagonal Holes

Pierce the aluminum by one of the methods mentioned above if the aluminum is thin enough to cut through with scissors or metal shears. If not, move to the next step.

Place the aluminum in a vice and cut it with a jigsaw. If the saw blade is unable to cut the aluminum, move to the next step using a drill press.

Place the aluminum under the drill press and drill consecutive circular sections along the inside of your intended shape. Punch out the shape with the help of the vice. Clean up any jagged edges with aluminum-grade buffing paper. It’s like sandpaper but made specially to handle aluminum.

Aluminum plate:

1) Alloy : 1050 1060 1070 1100 2024 3003 3004 3105 3A21 5005 5052 5083 5754 5182 5454 5456 6061 6063 7075 8011 etc

2) Temper: O/H12/H14/H1/H18/H32/H34/H36/H38//H111/H112/H116/H321/T6/T651/T3/T351 etc

3) Thickness: 0.1mm to 300mm

4) Width:20mm to 3300mm

5)Length: ≤ 12000mm

6) Protective film can be added

7) Production Line: DC and CC production line