Abstract: An apparatus for supporting and actuating a punch in a press includes a cam unit body, a cam slide slidably supported on the cam unit body for movement along a first line and having first cam surfaces on opposite sides thereof which are angled with respect to the first line, and a U-shaped driver supported on the cam unit body for movement along a second line, the driver having a second cam surface on each leg thereof which is angled with respect to the second line. The slide is disposed between the legs of the driver and each second cam surface engages a respective first cam surface so that movement of said driver into said cam unit body along said second line moves the slide in one direction along the first line. A slotlike opening oriented parallel to the first line extends transversely through the slide and communicates with an internal cylindrical cavity within the slide, which cavity also extends parallel to the first line.