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Best way to trim dash blank ?
rayward - 22/6/11 at 02:13 PM

should have my new dash blank today, and just wondered whats the best way to transfer the shape of the cuttle to the blank before cutting it ?


cheers
Ray


RoadkillUK - 22/6/11 at 03:14 PM

I would suggest using card or thick paper and cut to size


jossey - 22/6/11 at 03:16 PM

card 100%

if you have a look at my pictures... i made my own dash from card and then wood and fibre glass.

paper or thin card is near impossible to do.

getting the angle right is a pain but i found that the outside angle and corner was the same as the inside so i used the outside of the scuttle as a guide then cut the card into two left side and right side then stuck together to get the width correct.

hope that makes sense.

good luck.

maybe we need a locost template which we can print out and use....

DJ


Macbeast - 22/6/11 at 04:13 PM

Did mine with a piece of scrap hardboard.