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dsraven · 03-12-2023, 06:10 PM

if you can slip something in behind you could bend it into a cone shaped hole with a home made die, like a short socket, and use a bolt and a thick washer, that loosely fits inside the socket but is bigger than the hole, to suck the metal into the socket enough to dimple it. maybe no heat required that way so less chance of buring something that you wanted to keep the paint on, lol.

03-12-2023, 06:10 PM	#35
dsraven Registered User Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: calgary alberta Posts: 7,864	Re: Cast header question if you can slip something in behind you could bend it into a cone shaped hole with a home made die, like a short socket, and use a bolt and a thick washer, that loosely fits inside the socket but is bigger than the hole, to suck the metal into the socket enough to dimple it. maybe no heat required that way so less chance of buring something that you wanted to keep the paint on, lol.