[Shop-talk] dimpling metal ??

ejrussell at mebtel.net ejrussell at mebtel.net
Sat Sep 7 06:39:48 MDT 2013


Quoting John Niolon <jniolon at att.net>:
> I need to 'dimple' a piece of metal it will be 1/16 or 1/8" plate

As mentioned you might be needing a dimpling die. But I'm not sure 
whether they'd work on 1/8" steel. I've used them on sheet metal (18 
ga) and it seems like 1/16" would be taxing their limit. 

Eric Russell
Mebane, NC


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