When I made mine I used Lexan as the face and cut the 3 holes undersize then I glued the angle rings in place.
Once the rings cured I used my flexshaft Dremel with sanding bands and opened the holes from the backside at the correct angle and size needed for the gauges.
Hope this helps.
I think I used a plastic epoxy cement and roughed up both surfaces prior to gluing and then sanded around the edges before painting to make them blend into the face better.Curious, what did you use for glue ? And did the rings go right to the top and bottom edge of the face ? Never thought about gluing the rings but its a great idea. Keeps them in the right position.
I think I used a plastic epoxy cement and roughed up both surfaces prior to gluing and then sanded around the edges before painting to make them blend into the face better.
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For the faceplate I used a coarse thread screw,(not quite a wood screw) I was going to use Rivnuts but the thickness would have pushed the face out slightly and I would have had to cut into the backside of the face for it to sit flush.Im assuming you used small sheet metal screws on the corners ? I was going to use 6-32 button head machine screws but then I figured out I wouldnt have access to the nuts. What did you use to hold it all to the bottom of the dash ?
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