Acetate gauge tip.

[Dragline]

Anyone have a trick to cutting out acetate gauges in a circle?

My hand is not steady enough [it's the eyes really] to cut these things out in a perfect circle.

I know there's a trick to it.

Who knows said trick?

TIA

Bob F

[MonoPed]

Get a piece of brass tubing the same diameter as the guages, put a sharp beveled edge on one end, tap with a hammer to punch the circle out.

[dwc43]

I was wondering how I was going to do that myself. I was looking at using a hole punch that you use on paper. That would work for big speedo's and tachs, but not for the little gauges.

[935k3]

Look for a hollow punch set at places like Harbor Freight.

[mr moto]

Look for a hollow punch set at places like Harbor Freight.

What he said!

I picked up a set from a bargain table at the local hardware for dirt cheap and they cut perfect circles every time.

[Oldboychas]

The hole punches work great if you use a semihard piece of wood under it for a crisp clean cut to the material.

oldboychas (Charlie Bower)

[dwc43]

Look for a hollow punch set at places like Harbor Freight.

Never thought of that. Here's a link to two sets I found on Harbor's site.

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/disp...temnumber=67030

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/disp...Itemnumber=3838