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hey guys

ive bought some manifold gasket sheet the one with the metal stuff inside, and was wondering whats the best thing to cut it with ive used sissors to sut the shape out that was fine and a drill to put the stud hole but its the centre bit thats the hard bit ive tried a hole saw, stanley knife and sissors? whats the best thing to use? i know 80% of you will say buy genuine but im not buying 6 x gaskets @45 each? anyone know if a exhuast shop makes up gaskets, im on the gold coast

oh and i forgot to add they are for td05s triangle ones i need 2 x turbo-manifold 2 x turbo-dump and 2 x dump-front

cheers

Ive used many ways but none work well. Snips, holesaws, drillbits, they all rip and tear the metal in the gasket but if you cut undersize you can usually clean it up with small snips.

Clamping it between two bits of wood or alloy, clamp to the table, then holesaw it. Works ok if your drill press is sturdy. Best way would be a proper punch set, one off purchace then you never need to buy gaskets again.

If you had a lathe you could make the punch yourself, do you know someone?

If you have a drill press, use a "gasket cutter" I assume the hole your refering to is the center.

Gasket cutter: http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=...IwBA#ps-sellers

Or you can make your own with a centerpunch, piece of wood and a scaple.

Or you could peen it out... ever wondered what the rounded end on a ball peen hammer was for???

Or make a jig and route it out

Or cut a hole in a piece of wood with your hole saw, then use that hole as a guide to cut it out with somthing sharp

J.

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