A punch constitutes, together with a die, a blanking die for punching a workpiece with a punching shape in which protrusions protrude outwards from an annular body. The punch includes a cylinder-shaped punch section and a holder section. In the punch section, a shape of the front end surface corresponding to the punching shape of the workpiece is continuous to a rear end surface, and includes a cutting edge on its front end surface. The holder section is a short cylinder including an inner circumferential surface formed in correspondence with an outer circumferential surface of the punch section to allow insertion of a rear part of the punch section. The protrusions are brought into intimate contact with the recesses of the holder section. A clearance is provided between a part of the punch section other than the protrusions and a part of the holder section other than the recesses.

A stamping tool formed from a steel strip and method of forming the stamping tool. The stamping tool is formed from a steel strip shaped on a narrow side with a cutting part having a cutting edge. The stamping tool includes a back part with a contour in cross section on a narrow side of the steel strip, recesses shaped in the back part with free spreading of the material to be transverse to a longitudinal extension of the steel strip and perpendicular to lateral surfaces of the steel strip, such that an extent of the spreading is smaller than a thickness of the steel strip, and undeformed regions located between the recesses.

A method for milling a cutout using a milling cutter in a workpiece is provided. A longitudinal axis of the milling cutter is positioned in a first orientation relative to the workpiece to contact a first side of the workpiece. An enveloping cylindrical surface of the milling cutter is then used to cut a cutout which has a plurality of peripheral edges and rounded corners. The milling cutter is then placed in a second orientation which is angled relative to the first orientation. Thereafter, the enveloping cylindrical surface and an enveloping axial surface of the milling cutter are used to further cut the rounded corners of the cutout to form sharp corners.

A blade for an oscillating multi-tool is described. The blade has multiple snap-off sections which can be removed to reveal a new serrated cutting edge. At least one line of cutouts is provided along the width of the blade section, behind a serrated front edge, each cutout defining at least one substantially forward-facing point, and the cutouts are spaced apart along the width of the blade section, a front part of the blade section forward of the cutouts being attached a rear part of the blade section behind the cutouts at least by material in the spaces laterally between the cutouts.