Handheld punch tool

A handheld punch tool comprising:

• a housing;
• a motor supported in the housing, the motor including a motor shaft rotatable about a first axis;
• a transmission supported in the housing and configured to be driven by the motor shaft, the transmission including a crankshaft and a reciprocating shaft mounted to the crankshaft;
• a cut portion operably coupled to the crankshaft, the cut portion including a bit holder supported within the housing and configured to retain a tool bit, and a blade surrounding the bit holder, the bit holder and the blade are rotatable together about the first axis to form a pilot hole in a workpiece in response to the crankshaft driving the cut portion;
• a guard coupled to the bit holder for rotation about the first axis, the guard movable between a first position, in which the tool bit and the blade are exposed from the guard, and a second position, in which the guard encloses the tool bit and the blade;
• and
• a punch configured to be driven by the reciprocating shaft to reciprocate along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, the punch is insertable into the pilot hole formed in the workpiece by the tool bit and the blade.

A handheld punch tool comprising:

• a housing;
• a motor supported in the housing, the motor including a motor shaft;
• a transmission supported in the housing and configured to be driven by the motor shaft, the transmission including a crankshaft and a reciprocating shaft mounted to the crankshaft;
• a bit holder at least partially supported within the housing at an end of the crankshaft opposite from the motor, the bit holder configured to be driven by the crankshaft, the bit holder configured to retain a tool bit to form a pilot hole in a workpiece in response to rotation of the crankshaft;
• a die holder coupled to the housing, the die holder configured to be oriented in one of a plurality of rotational orientations relative to the housing;
• a clamp assembly supported within the die holder and operably coupled to the reciprocating shaft for reciprocation;
• and
• a punch removably coupled to the clamp assembly by a fastening member to reciprocate therewith, the punch is insertable into the pilot hole formed in the workpiece by the tool bit.