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> Can Anyone Cut A Custom Gauge Panel?, A few holes in a piece of wood
7TPorsh
post Dec 12 2012, 12:42 PM
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I am re-locating my console gauges up into the dash. I bought a nice piece of grained cherry wood that I want to use; it's about 1/4" thick, 6" wide and about 40" long.I have enough wood for maybe 3 or 4 of these if anyone else interested.

If I send you the rectangular cut wood, does anyone here have the means for cutting out the gauge holes?

Basically 5 holes to hold 4 52mm gauges and a 60mm clock in a rectangular shaped piece.

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post Jan 2 2013, 01:07 PM
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well I gave it a shot. ^$%#*&^^$ it

Had two nice pieces of wood, cherry and padauk (beautiful red colored wood) 1?4" thick

Shaped the outline then went to cut the holes. *%&(! hole saw!

Splintered the shit out of the wood...both pieces. I drilled slow, clamped with another piece of wood underneath. Tried like 5 times

So after buying a damn hole saw bit and the wood so far for $40 total I am back to square one...oh, except I now have a huge hole in the dash.

So back to original post...Can someone cut a plate for me?

At this point I am ok with a metal plate like the stock ones if wood is too damn hard. I'll cover it with vinyl; but exotic wood is my first choice.

So anyone? Here is the configuration I want: If metal I just need a plate represented by the red outline; if wood, it's the whole piece from the glove compartment to the steering column...I have an outline for this.

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