The technique is to tap on the gasket paper and break it over the edge of
the mating service. Don't strike hard enough to damage the metal, just hard
enough to break the fibers in the paper. I usually cut out a stud hole first
and use a bolt to maintain alignment. If one mating surface is hard to
access you can make the gasket on the other. I've always found it
fascinating how little force it actually takes to cut a gasket. Just
repeated soft blows in the right place.
Bill Lawrence
>From: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
>To: "WILLIAM B LAWRENCE" <ynotink@msn.com>, <Patrick.Quinn@det.nsw.edu.au>,
> <Warthodson@aol.com>, <healeys@autox.team.net>
>Subject: Re: rear axle paper gasket
>Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 21:16:38 -0500
>
>I am confused about the ball peen hammer method of making a gasket, are you
>saying you beat around the edge and it cuts the gasket, or it makes a
>crease or impression in the paper so that you have a line to cut along?
>
>I generally use a sharp utility knife, not a scissors or a hammer Greg
>Lemon 54 bn1
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