Hello Richard,
I put a clock and an oil pressure gauge in Freddy last winter. The easiest
method to make the holes is to use a "hole saw". This is a circular saw
blade meant to be mounted to an electric drill, with a regular drill bit in
the middle to draw it down into the work. I used two sizes, one 1/8" inch
larger than the other. Drill the larger one in just deep enough for the
ledge, then drill the smaller one straight through. Perfect stepped hole! A
set of five holesaws cost ~$15 at a local home center. I used the areas
where the holes for the GT6 "eyeball" vents are to mount the two gauges -
oil pressure on the driver's side and clock on the passenger's side. I
wanted to do what you are planning, but the wires to my headlight switch
are very short - would not reach and I didn't want to slice and dice to
extend them.
Kevin Rhodes
Portland, Maine, USA
Freddy the Spit
At 08:02 11/06/2000 -0600, you wrote:
>After my adventures last week, losing my toolbox on the way home from the TRGB
> Autojumble (see True Gentleman!), I did actually manage to come home
> with some
> stuff from TRGB, including an old clock (which, with an old radio, a battery
> clamp, and an armrest cost me a fiver!). This is not a perfect match
> for the
> other gauges (it is a Keinzle), but it is the right size and reasonably
> similar, and it works (!), so I plan to fit it to Daffy - she's not a tidy
> enough car for me to worry about acheiving perfection, by a long way!!
>
>Anyway, this means I will have to start chopping holes in my dash. I plan to
> put the clock where the light switch currently sits, between the temp gauge
> and the fuel gauge, so there are 3 nice gauges in a row - the light switch
> moves to the far side of the steering wheel, currently empty.
>
>Anyway, my question - How do I cut the hole to fit the gauge? Presumably I
> need a hole the diameter of the gauge body, plus a recess the diameter
> of the
> outer rim, creating a stepped hole, so the gauge is recessed like the
> others.
> The main hole is no problem - I plan to use an electric jigsaw - but how
> do I
> create the slightly larger diameter recess? I suppose the perfect answer is
> to use a router, but I don't own one, nor do I really want to spend the
> money
> on one to fit a clock that cost me a fraction of a fiver. I do own a couple
> of electric hand drills as well as the jigsaw, but that's about it for power
> tools. Can I get an attachment for a drill that will do it for me? If
> I try
> that have I got a hope in hell of keeping a straight-ish (or rather a
> smooth-ish-ly curved) line, and even depth? What else could I do? Can
> routers be rented, and if so, for what sort of money?
>
>Richard and Daffy (got me tunes now, just want to know the time!)
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