How to Make Halloween Tin Punch Decorations

 Halloween tin punch decorations are easy and fun to make with Proxxon MICROMOT tools.

Here are the supplies and equipment that you'll need:

• Aluminum flashing
• ½" Baltic birch plywood
• Halloween Tin Punch Patterns
• Proxxon Table Saw FET
• Proxxon Disc Sander TSG 250/E
• Proxxon Bench Circular Saw KS 115
• Proxxon MICRO Press MP 120
• FolkArt Home Décor Antique Wax 

How to make a Halloween tin punch decoration:

1. Print and cut out the Halloween Tin Punch Patterns.
2. Using the bench circular saw and a tungsten carbide saw blade, cut the aluminum flashing into 2½" x 2½" pieces.
   
   
   
3. Use painter's tape to mount the pattern onto the aluminum square allowing a margin at the bottom edge.
   
   
   
4. With the appropriate size punch in the MICRO press position the pattern for punching.
   
   
   
5. To make the stand, cut 2½" x 2" x ½" pieces from the plywood using the table saw.
6. Adjust the table saw blade height to make a partial cut ~¼" deep in the plywood stand piece.
   
   
   
7. Remove the guard assembly on the table saw to allow the partial cut. It is not possible to make a partial cut with the splitting wedge in place. Set the adjustable fence ~¼" from the saw blade. Make the partial cut. Replace the guard assembly.
   
   
   
8. Sand any rough edges on the stand using the disc sanders.
   
   
    
9. Finish the stand with FolkArt Home Décor Antique Wax.
   
   
   
10. Place a battery operated candle on the stand behind the tin punch for a spooky Halloween decoration.
    

Carole