Needed a chainsaw carb gasket now on Sunday afternoon.

[bobm4360]

The hammer trick also works with masking tape for painting castings with machined surfaces. I did a Model A transmission case a few years ago, and the only cleanup was pulling the tape, 3 or 4 minutes, didn't even need to scrape it.

Regards,
Bob

[stevec]

(09-23-2012, 07:32 PM)aametalmaster Wrote:

(09-23-2012, 02:53 PM)stevec Wrote: 5 minute job? I'm callin ya on that Bob.
It'd take me at least 5 min. to find an appropriate piece of scrap.

I have about 1,000 pcs of small scrap like that just for small hurry up jobs. Boxes and boxes of them...Bob

Ah, I rest my case.

[Highpower]

(09-23-2012, 10:22 PM)ETC57 Wrote: Aw Willie ya gotta live on the edge.I've made hundreds of carb gaskets with a hammer, motorcycles engine cases as well ya just gotta tap lite!!

Jerry.

Hay Jerry, if I had YOUR money - maybe then I could afford to live on the edge.

Yeah, I've had a few motorcycles that ended up cereal box gaskets myself.

But with my luck I'd end up having to search for another little 2-stroke carb that they quit making 40 years ago.

[SnailPowered]

I have made plenty of gaskets from cereal boxes. When you're 10 years old and your dirtbike is your only mode of transportation and it needs a gasket it's the perfect solution. It wouldn't be my first choice but when I literally had NO money but did have some tools they worked great!

[aametalmaster]

(09-24-2012, 12:57 PM)SnailPowered Wrote: I literally had NO money but did have some tools they worked great!

I know that feeling...Bob