Been makin’ them like that for half a century Jim, thought everyone knew about that method. That's the way me pop taught me to do in a pinch if I ever got stuck without a gasket for something. Cept I wouldn't use a paper bag for gasket material when there is gasket material available everywhere. I keep a good supply of paper and cork gasket material in stock. The gasket for the Eaton HO52 cover was paper thin, good enough for a casting like the pumpkin but not the best for a tin cover so I cut one from some 1/16” material so I could sleep at night. Just recently I had to make the gaskets for my steering box rebuild. The ones that came in the kit were shrunk up so much that the holes wouldn’t line up worth a darn so I made my own. I make my boltholes a little different than the video because they’re usually chamfered rather heavily in castings to make sure the mating surfaces go together flat with out a burr from over tightening. I impress the location with the rounded ball peen head then punch them out with the proper sized hole punch.
But normally I would always use a die cut or laser cut gasket if one were available.
Denny Graham
Sandwich, IL
