Making Dimples In Sheet Metal

Made from heat treated chrome moly steel these dies are built to last.

Making dimples in sheet metal.

Sheet metal 8272 views. Place the sheet on a clean flat smooth steel block. Make sheet metal holes dimples easy. Edit here s another way to do em 1.

Machined to close tolerances. No one else has this question. Tape the four corners down with painter s tape or masking tape. Set the angle w the compound 1 2 the included angle and advance the tool with the compound slide.

Simply drill the recommended hole size in the metal that you desire to dimple then use a press to do the work. Wet metal causes tool rust and oxides on the metal will become embedded into the sheet during hammer texturing. Made with high strength chrome moly steel. Tighten down on bolt using a pneumatic gun and.

Layout a sheet of metal with the center lines marked horizontal and vertical spacing. Last modified on jul 14 2011 3 30 pm. Pic 1 shows the socket 1 4 bolt and washer i put the washer on the bolt and drive it into the socket pic 2 this will automatically center the bolt for welding. No expensive tooling or fancy tools were used.

Diy dimple dies no fancy tools. From throttle stop garage a simple how to video for making dimples in sheet metal panels. Punch dimple die arbor kit h 9000 our arbors your punch dimple make the mitey mate jr 1685s a powerful sheet metal punch. Punch and dimple die tooling is common in shops for making holes in sheet metal or to add strength enhancing dimples.

This part is curved from being press formed in a drop hammer. Unlock the x retract the tool a hair out of the cut w the x axis back the compound back out advance x for the next pass lock x and cut using the compound slide again. To make the tool i used and old 1 2drive x 5 8 socket as the receiver for the forming dies. Just place both halves on the sheet metal insert in your riveter and squeeze to form a perfect dimple.

Pop dimple die 3 32 p n 5102d 3 32 this product is a clever way to set dimple in sheet metal using a pop riveter. How would you put a dimple type feature into a sheet metal part. Form clean 45 flares in up to 1 8 thick steel. What this will do is create a dimple in sheet metal for a screw or bolt head in this case a 1 4 fastenor.