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  • Mike E.
    Extremely Frequent Poster
    • February 28, 1975
    • 5134
    #1

    58-61 door panel metal

    How have you guys successfully cut out the hole for the window crank in new 58-61 door panel metal? I have many ideas, and am hesitant to use any of them, for fear of damaging a piece that has not come cheaply. How have you done that?
    Thanks!
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    • Lee Boyer
      #2
      Re: 58-61 door panel metal

      Have you mounted the metal on the door yet?
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        • Ed Jennings
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          Re: 58-61 door panel metal

          After mounting the metal on the door panel, I cut the hole out with a hole saw. I use one slightly smaller than the one specified in the AIM. I think the AIM says 1-3/8", but 1" or 1-1/8" is plenty big. Check the size in the AIM and then back off a size or two. The spring needs to have a metal lip to ride on that is smaller in diameter than the hole in the cardboard so it will push the metal out flush with the crank handle. The hole should be concentric with the hole in the cardboard, but the regulator shaft may not be exactly centered in the hole. The crank flange should be enough larger than the hole that that it will still cover the hole.
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            • Mike E.
              Extremely Frequent Poster
              • February 28, 1975
              • 5134
              #4
              Re: 58-61 door panel metal

              Yes--figured that was the only way I knew for sure exactly where to locate the hole.
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                • Mike E.
                  Extremely Frequent Poster
                  • February 28, 1975
                  • 5134
                  #5
                  Re: 58-61 door panel metal

                  The hole saw didn't tear the metal or leave an indentation that extended beyond the flange of the crank handle and the plastic liner? Thanks for the input!
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                    • Ed Jennings
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                      Re: 58-61 door panel metal

                      The hole saw didn't cause any problems. I set the door panels on a wood block for support and cut from the back side. Use some of your old metal to make a couple of practice cuts.
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                        • John M.
                          Expired
                          • January 1, 1999
                          • 1553
                          #7
                          Re: 58-61 door panel metal

                          Mike,
                          The trick to not tearing the metal is to drill it from the rear on a solid block of wood. very light pressure and fairly high speed will keep it from grabbing the metal.

                          Regards, John McGraw
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                            • Bob McCorkle
                              #8
                              Re: 58-61 door panel metal

                              What I used is a punch out tool the electricians use to punch a new hole in an electrical box. You drill a small pilot hole and then put the two haves of the tool, one on one side, and one on the other, and turn the bolt and it slowly punches a perfect hole in the door panel. Once you see the tool you will understand.
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                                • John H.
                                  Beyond Control Poster
                                  • December 1, 1997
                                  • 16513
                                  #9
                                  That's A Greenlee Punch - Makes Nice Clean Holes *NM*

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