Ham operators commonly use "Manhattan" type construction consisting of pads super glued onto blank copper clad. The pads are punched from thinner copper clad using a hole punch or nibbling tool.
I've made several thousand pads using a Roper Whitney-type punch. It does fine.
bob-N7SUR
I've made several thousand pads using a Roper Whitney-type punch. It does fine.
bob-N7SUR