DIY Dimple die tool lol
04-21-2009, 03:03 PM
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DIY Dimple die tool lol
I have been wanting to do gussets on the a and b pillars of my cage for a while now, and have been searching for someone locally who has a dimple dye set, I had no luck and did not want to spend hundreds of dollars on something I would only use once or twice so I came up with this.
I wish I would have taken pics during assembaly but I wasn't expecting this to work out very well, or expecting to post a thread on h-t about it lol.
It IS a redneck way of doing things and it looks like ****, but it WORKS, and that is what is important to me.
I found a old axle bolt out of a honda xr50cc lol, rounded off the wheel spacer on the bench grinder so it was kind of a cone shape.
this part is an old jack handle, I used a smaller diameter rod on the inside to keep the axle bolt (above) straight while pounding out the dimples.
heres what remains of the old jack handle, and a few pieces of steel I had laying around, ghetto *** welds, haha, they don't need to look pretty.
GFI Dimple die tool complete lol
heres it in use, I drilled .75" holes with a uni-bit, and placed the axle bolt inside the hole, gave it 2 whacks with a mallet and voila!
heres the a pillar and b pillar gussets completed:
and a pic of the cage they will be going on:
Ill post more pics when they are welded in and painted.
These gussets are 16guage cold rolled steel, per scca guidelines, incase I ever DO get into road racing. I dont know how this would work on thicker material, but for thin stuff it works great.
let me know what you think of my ghetto tool making skills lol.
I wish I would have taken pics during assembaly but I wasn't expecting this to work out very well, or expecting to post a thread on h-t about it lol.
It IS a redneck way of doing things and it looks like ****, but it WORKS, and that is what is important to me.
I found a old axle bolt out of a honda xr50cc lol, rounded off the wheel spacer on the bench grinder so it was kind of a cone shape.
this part is an old jack handle, I used a smaller diameter rod on the inside to keep the axle bolt (above) straight while pounding out the dimples.
heres what remains of the old jack handle, and a few pieces of steel I had laying around, ghetto *** welds, haha, they don't need to look pretty.
GFI Dimple die tool complete lol
heres it in use, I drilled .75" holes with a uni-bit, and placed the axle bolt inside the hole, gave it 2 whacks with a mallet and voila!
heres the a pillar and b pillar gussets completed:
and a pic of the cage they will be going on:
Ill post more pics when they are welded in and painted.
These gussets are 16guage cold rolled steel, per scca guidelines, incase I ever DO get into road racing. I dont know how this would work on thicker material, but for thin stuff it works great.
let me know what you think of my ghetto tool making skills lol.
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04-21-2009, 04:20 PM
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Re: DIY Dimple die tool lol
I'm impressed by how well that turned out. I don't have a pneumatic/hydraulic press, so dimple dies take forever. This looks fast!
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Re: DIY Dimple die tool lol
pretty sweet andy but hopefully ill have a die set soon so you can retire that bad boy haha. doing a cage for a buddy soon hopefully and hes gonna buy me some different sizes.
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