anyone got a 6 guage dash template?
 

I would like one so I can cut my dash out of wood or maybe aluminum.

Thanks guys!

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I'm gonna do the same thing outta walnut, I could use one also

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whole dash? or do you mean just the face of the instrument panel?

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Face of instrument panel for aftermarket gauges. I just dont want to spend $150.00 on a billet one, besides that would go well in my truck.

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If it is for a 65 what i did for a 66 i had was to take the glass out of your cluster and trace it on to a thin peice of wood.use the guages you want and trace and then cut with a hole saw.you might have to trim a little then stain,will look great

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On my 60' I used masonite board to mock my dash insert up. I coverd it with some chrome vinyl sign decal material. It was onlly going to be temporary , just a pattern but that was 5 years ago and it has held up fine and was real easy to fab up.

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I currently have a wood insert my dad made, it is for 5 gauges, decided to put a tach in, soooo..

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Can you use yours to make a new layout ?

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Cardboard or masonite works well. I used the existing clear dash lense.

I taped over it w/blue painters tape & used poster-board circle templates to get an idea of where I wanted things. The circle templates were indexed vertically/horizontally to put reference marks (they help easily locate the C/L of where to drill).

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I did what someone mentioned. I took the glass/plastic face and took it to tap plastics. Had them cut it the the shape of the glass. Then I took it home and made a template of where the gauges were going to go and busted out the hole saw.

http://i51.photobucket.com/albums/f3...ugeCluster.jpg

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this is my DD, so I dont want to have it down for anytime. I am going to see if I or my dad has an old dash surround and maybe I can make it our of smoked plexiglass.

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I disassembled the cluster & used the outer bezel to trace the physical opening of the cluster onto some poster board. I included reference marks & such to make things easily repeatable.

I made everything work off the template so you could do the same to determine your layout dimensions w/o having extended downtime.

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Carefull cutting the plexiglass it cracks easy. I was able to make mine in one afternoon . No real down time

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x2. Cut smaller holes & file to fit.

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What about the lens? I have seen replacements, but they are stock. I want the stock look with black numbers and letters. Is there a vinyl kit or something? I could take the glass out and have one made, but it would be nice to do it myself.

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Did anyone ever locate a template?

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I have a panel that I'll be taking apart in the next few weeks if your not in a huge rush..I can trace it for you then.

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Same here, found some hardy-board out beside work about to go in trash. Worked out well.

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I have a stainless piece cut to fit the bezel with a center tach hole punched; I made a couple and only used one, so this ones left over if anyone wants to have the hard part done already :) Just gotta punch the other gauge holes and polish her up.

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...ljay/009-9.jpg

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I could probably draw one up in autoCAD. Are those gauges you bought 2-1/16" diameter?

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I was also thinking of drawing one up in cad.
One thought I had was to scan mine on a flatbed scanner, and then import the image into acad.

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Yeah, if you have a flatbed scanner big enough, that would be an easy way to get a basic outline to start with.

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Went searching for dash gauge template thread and forgot I was involved in this one.
Gotta scan mine and trace it in CAD.
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In the meantime, has anyone have different template layouts for various guage layouts?

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Here's a link to a short thread I did when I made mine. It has a few good pics of my layout. https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=810650