Thanks Jerry. I used that same method until I got the laser machine. Here's an example. A common water pump gasket for 1955 onward (the dark one is the actual Fel-Pro gasket I took out of the remnants of a complete engine gasket kit). The lighter one is the gasket I created and used...after cleaning it up a bit (design-wise). Fel-Pro's gasket looked slightly wonky to me and I think you'll see why. It looks to me like their steel die rule cutter was made a bit out of true. This gasket is still being sold by some vendors for around $4 or $5 plus an equal amount of postage charges so you'll pay $10 or so. I think I could send that gasket for $4 or $5 total (including postage) in the USA or add a buck fifty to that for delivery to another country. I'd have to fold it to fit it in a #10 envelope but it would deliver fast and there would be no import fees, etc.
As I said, just a thought and a bit of curiosity. My guess is most people don't keep gasket material and might not want to fiddle with making a gasket like this. If they don't keep gasket material handy a roll of it will cost between $10 and $20...as you know.
~ Jon 1952 1/2 ton with 1959 235 | T5 with 3.07 rear end
