Firewall Project

[pro70z28]

Thanks Jeep.
Yea, I stamped it on a H.F. 20 ton press.

[pro70z28]

I've had a couple people wanting to know how I did the stamping. Pretty simple really. Here's the readers digest version of a stamp. I made an impression in the firewall for the throttle cable. Pretty simple stamp but the procedure is similar to the Camaro stamp.

I drilled a hole in the firewall panel for the throttle cable. I cut dies out of 1/8" sign substrate scraps, any rigid material will work. On the front side I taped the larger die to the panel using the 5/16'' hole to register it.



on the back side / the circle die. Line up the holes & tape in place.å



For this stamp I used some scrap aluminum plugs on both sides of the panel.



After being pressed you can (maybe) see the panel has been pressed up into the top die. The camaro took a fair amount of pressure. this stamp, not so much. I was careful to not use too much pressure as to not distort the panel.



Stamp finished.



I'll make an aluminum trim washer on the lathe later. That's all there is to it.

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thanks for the how-to on the stamping