<p>A punch press of the turret type is provided which includes automatically controlled means for moving the workpiece in the X and Y axes and for controlling press operation. The press includes a pair of power-driven lock means aligned with two of the punching stations remote from the punching axis for partially actuating the tooling therein to clamp the workpiece therebetween without altering its configuration, thereby enabling the clamps which hold the workpiece during movement to be released and reclamped at a predetermined distance from the place of first clamping.</p>
