Gasket material

Napa has assortment packs of various gasket materials, in various sizes. Pretty inexpensive too. I have a set of gasket punches and it makes it a lot easier to make them.
 
Glenster, where did you find a set of gasket "hole punches?" I've been sharpening short pieces of soft copper pipe with a file, for "bolt hole" punches, but they don't last but about one gasket.
 
I buy my gasket material from McMaster-Carr, they have a variety to choose from, I use the vegetable fiber in 1/64" and 1/32".
 
I buy dies at cheapie tool places but for easy to reach stuff I put a small ball-peen ball on the bolt hole and smack the flat end with another hammer and pop out the circles. Small hammer taps around the edges of the part cuts pretty well too.
 
I use an assortment of diff size ball bearings up to 1" to punch holes in gaskets.
I lay the material over the part where the bolt goes trough, then put a ball bearing (1/3 to 1/2 bigger than the size of the bolt hole on the gasket and push it in a bit so it stays in place and give the ball a tap with the hammer,..perfect hole every time. I cut the gasket to shape only after the holes are made.
I use tapered punches in a couple punched holes to keep the gasket from shifting out of place when i work my way around it.
 
You might try a grommet punch. I have a 1/4" and 3/8" I use for making lacing holes in rubber snowshoe bindings.

Larry
 
for punches to make gaskets get a golf club handle it tapers from small to large cut it with a hackn saw to the sizes you want
 
For many applications , the cardboard that 20/24 packs of canned beverages comes in is a fine gasket mat'l . A coating of Gaska cinch or Indian Head gasket sealer will add to its sealing ability.
 
Not what you were asking, but since others have chimed in on punching holes I'll throw my two cents in.

I've tried all sorts of things over the years - until I stumbled across this $8 set from harbor freight.

Throw all the other ideas right out the window - you can't go wrong for eight dollars.

They work great, you've got a good range of sizes, and they're less than a dollar a punch.
punches
 
Ive got a set of punches like that, they work well. I usually use a block of wood to punch into. I have used old brake line with a sharpened end put in a drill for drilling old rubber belting.
 

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