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hgs_notes · 08-28-2006, 10:46 AM

Instead of buying one for a pattern, make your own pattern. You put tissue paper over the bezel and use a lead pencil to make a rubbing of it. Cut out the tissue and test the fit. Adjust as necessary and wah law, a pattern. I've done this for making gaskets.

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08-28-2006, 10:46 AM	#2
hgs_notes GEARHEAD Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: MN Posts: 6,126	Re: Silly request - Woodgrain bezel overlay Instead of buying one for a pattern, make your own pattern. You put tissue paper over the bezel and use a lead pencil to make a rubbing of it. Cut out the tissue and test the fit. Adjust as necessary and wah law, a pattern. I've done this for making gaskets. HG __________________ If no one knows what you're doing, they can't tell you you're doing it wrong HG's Dream Car Build - Shelby Cobra Kit Build your own adjustable track bar 71 Long Fleet C/10 72 Jimmy 4x4 (Junkyard Jimmy) HG's Plow Truck '78 K35 Dually Bigass Farm Truck HG's thread of miscellaneous stuff