What were you punching onto ?
Ideally you want a block of lead (or hard plastic, or hard wood) to
punch onto as it won't damage the cutting edge.
Having to recently replace my complete toolbox (thanks Pikeys !) i have
to agree, the quality of a lot of tools isn't as good as it used to be,
even replacing like for like.
I've found Sealey tools to be very good value for money.
Halfords Professional as well, especially the ratchet spanners.
Jim
On 07/02/2012 06:17, jin wrote:
ahh yes, the "workshop thumb" trick,
either way the holes are way out no mater how i copy their loctions
talking of making gaskets, i tried for agaes to buy some wad punches
and in the end i had to buy some online from Draper which lasted all
of about 5 gaskets, is it me or is Draper going down hill in quality?
On Feb 6, 9:03 pm, "Hamish Freeman"<[email protected]> wrote:
Should you have this problem again, a simple way to set this up is to hold
or preferably tape a piece of reasonably stiff paper over the area in
question then run your finger over the area where the holes are to create an
indent - there is usually enough "black stuff" around to mark the edges
anyway.
Sorry if this is teaching you to suck eggs but my father taught me this
method when I was as a small boy making gaskets for our motor mower. He
grew up in an age when simple spares were not available over the counter as
today and everything had to be home made. The next stage would be to press
a ball bearing into the hole area to actually cut the paper where required.
If doing this over say a casting, a sharp but relatively soft tap with a
hammer will serve to complete the cut. I cut sump gaskets this way using
the round end of a plenishing hammer. The trick with something this size is
to cut the holes first and insert some dowels such as drill to hold the
gasket in place whilst the outer edge then the inner edge are "tapped
through".
It is amazing how many people I have shown this method who had not thought
of the idea but I guess anyone who has done a craft apprenticeship would
have learned this trick as a matter of course.
Hamish
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From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]
On Behalf Of jin
Sent: 06 February 2012 16:17
To: Quantum Owners Group
Subject: [Quantum Owners] servo mounting woes
ok so all is going well enough but ive come up against another head
scratcher
ive cut out a square stainless plate to mount between the bulkhead and servo
mounting brackets, (exactly as I have done on the pedal side) I used a
straight edge across the front of the car using the upper most sub frame
mounting holes as a datum and held the plate secure while scribing through
the bulkhead to mark the 4 servo mounting bracket holes
Once I removed the plate it became clear that something was amiss, the holes
were out of square with each other in relation to the stainless plate which
is itself square and was held square to the bulkhead
My main question is......
Are the servo brackets to bulkhead holes supposed to be exactly square to
each other?
I thought it best to ask before o go elongating holes
my only doubt for this was brought about by realising that the actual servo
to servo mounting holes appear to be not "square" in relation to each other,
by which I mean if you line the 2 brackets parallel side by side to each
other the PCD of the servo to bracket holes would make a trapezium shape and
not square if that makes sense?
Trouble is my bulkhead scribe marks are long gone so I have no reference
Mine is the type A / low spec setup
Cheers in advance
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