Quote Originally Posted by Smayniac View Post
While this is true, the sharpness of the blade makes this cut fairly well. I just squeeze and then twist to make sure the chad is released. I'm only using fairly soft and thin material, I wouldn't necessarily want to do pigskin with it, but it would still be better than the straight punch I used to use.

Bob
I've ruined a rotary punch because I twisted it while still fairly engaged. It got misaligned which caused the chad to hang even more.
So what I do now is punch release (but not completely) twist around and punch again (to make sure the chad gets chopped out)...