The making of a gasket

 Under control now.

I now can design, draw and cut my own gaskets up to A4 in size.

It took a bit of experimentation, but sitting in front of me is a pile of Royal Enfield manifold gaskets. 

The process I settled on was;

  • Scan the original
  • In inkscape convert the scan to a path, This produces a nice edge but probably isn't necessary 
  •  Sketch part in Freecad and export as an Svg file with line width of less than 0.5mm 
  • Check the dimensions in inkscape and export as a jpeg 
  • import into Silhouette cutting machine  and set top 6 depth and 25 force 
  •  trace, and send 

 I would have to say it did produce quite a nice gasket,   

 I can now print and cut gaskets that will allow clearances to be adjusted.

 

Finally!  

 

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