You need, surprisingly enough, a dimple die.
On Fri, 6 Sep 2013, John Niolon wrote:
> maybe what you call it... I need to 'dimple' a piece of metal just like a rim
> is dimpled where it fits over the wheel studs... for the same reason... I'm
> making this (see links) and can't figure how to deform the metal into the
> right shape... hyd press with a rounded rod ?? I've got a hyd press (bench
> top 20 ton) I use for bending metal...
>
> it will be 1/16 or 1/8" plate and I need to do this pretty accurately so it
> will fit the rim... I'm trying to copy a wheel lock gizmo I saw on the net...
>
> http://jniolon.classicpickup.com/hub_closeup1.jpg
> http://jniolon.classicpickup.com/back.jpg
>
>
> suggestions...
>
>
> Many people are alive only because it's illegal to shoot them.
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