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    Henry....... do you think I ain't tried all over the place.....? You ever tried punching pout a fibre washer that size?

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    Hollow punches are available in about any size you'd like. You could also make it yourself from standard or special tube, by just sharpening the tube. One time use, would be cheaper that way...
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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    Hollow punches are available in about any size you'd like. You could also make it yourself from standard or special tube, by just sharpening the tube. One time use, would be cheaper that way...
    True, I have a cheap set and I would bet they make sets with even smaller sizes. For my foot gasket I used a compass circle cutter. Funny, used one kind of compass to make something for another kind of compass.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
    Henry....... do you think I ain't tried all over the place.....? You ever tried punching pout a fibre washer that size?
    sorry, i wasn't trying to offend, you just never know who thinks to look outside of thier field of expertees and who doesn't.

    i have never tried punching out a fibre washer, i did cut/scribe one with a bow compass with two points fitted and a scalpel. it took a lot of time to do and a bit of sanding to get it neat, not really time effective for someone doing multipule restorations.

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    Hey Henry, I didn't even remotely think you were (trying to offend)! I was just making a humourous retort!

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    The fibre washers are actually very easy to find and very common if you know were to look, go to your local computer shop (one that will build a computer) they use a range of sizes of small fibre washers to insulate components. very common.
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