....when I was young, and penniless, I have made a many gaskets with the ball peen hammer, sissors and made a lot of them out of cardboard saltine cracker boxes. Mother was always complaining about me emptying the box...well, I did eat a lot of peanut butter crackers to.
As Lonnie says, thanks for your insights.... I like the one about keeping different size steel balls handy. Makes sense to me.