Re: New Tool

[brian]

Like crosbyman said, I make a template with two pieces of wood screwed together and a outline of the gasket with the fastener holes, on one piece of the wood, then use the roto tool, or scroll saw, or band saw to cut out the inside for the gasket. Then place a couple pieces of gasket material sandwiched between the two pieces of wood. Cut the inside dimension, drill the holes thru the template, remove material and cut outside of gasket. I paid more than I wanted for an original gasket, but now have made four of them with the template, never needing to use the original. I have also used spare parts to make templates. I probably wouldn’t go to the trouble of making a one off gasket but the templates I made are for common OMC gaskets that I use frequently. There are a couple of OMC powerhead exhaust baffle gaskets that are expensive, although they are very simple gaskets to make. This was my reason for making templates.