After doing this to both my old plastic dash, and the new Cherry dash that I
made this summer, I would definitely recommend using a holesaw of the
correct OD for the main hole, and another for the bigger OD section (That
takes some control but it's possible) ... Using a jigsaw makes it too easy
to bodge the job, and you don't get a second chance!
Luke
'71 mk.IV
London.On.Can
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard B Gosling" <Gosling_Richard_B@perkins.com>
To: "spitfires" <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 9:02 AM
Subject: Clock mounting
>
> 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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