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Ok, I know a few of you guys out there have the dimple dies....which ones? What sizes? What grade steel? How thick are you going with them?

I'm thinking about shelling out for a set....not sure I would ever need a top of the line set? I almost would rather have a complete set of a lesser quality and have more hole options?

I don't know...whataya got....whataya think?

You have a PM.

Lee

i like these....




but this my favorite size....

I bet I could...... Never mind

CWB... Here is how I did mine. I've seen them on ebay for like 250 ish for a set of 5. I think they offer a couple of different sets like 3/4-2" and 1 1/2 to 3" or something like that.


This is the die ...


Practice...


First step... measure and drill holes


Insert into the "squeezinator" and squeeze...


1st piece done... these will be for the "A" pillar


Sill plates being measured up...


One down... one to go...



Made this little thing to protect the oil filter...


Installed...





All of these parts will be added whem I mount the body for the last time. I just wanted to have them ready. I will post more pics at that time .[/quote]

Those look more like flanged holes than dimples; the main difference is flanged holes usually have a 90 * flange rather than being something like a CSK (countersink) as dimples usually do. Interesting! Do you remember where you got them?

Lee

A member here on STF loaned it to me. Here is the link to the ones I was talking about...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/4pc-4140 ... veQ5fTools

pacific customs and blind chicken racin' sell sets also...

i like herbies pics more. lol

stop the presses!


CWB, have your dad mill something up........

Yea we talked about it...his lathe is pretty small for turning the hard stuff, especially the larger ones. He would be there a while and for 2-$300.... I think I would save him the time and wear on the machine.

My question was more if anybody had used some of these "knock-offs" or if the Pac Customs ones were Chiwaneese or us made?

I did a Bing search and found several places that carry them and they are expensive; individually, they start at ~ $75 and up. During the search, I think I remember seeing someone selling a small hyd pull through tool for the dies, that way you only need to buy what you need. I didn't look for oval dies or things like that.

I think they are tempered and ground to get smoothness. The pressures they can get are pretty large and they can impress any flaws during the process.

Bead rollers are a little cheaper but not that much. If you can find it, there is one company that also sells a louver setup for the bead roller. CWB, I think there is a guy in Eastern WA that does louvers for the rodders.

Lee

http://www.pacificcustoms.com/mm5/merch ... ange_high=



$32 clams for a 1 1/2", says its made from heat treated steel.... probably tough enough for a garage build but prob.aably would wear in a production shop?

I blew almost $500.00 on my set at kartek, and then found tthis guy... Fabbed his own dimple die set using different sized trailer balls and bearing races... would probably go this route if I were to do it all over again

bajaherbie wrote:i like these....

Kind of like a bowling ball but where do you put your thummmmmm ......... nevermind


I have a 1" from pacific customs and it works great on thin stuff, have not tried it on 1/8"