guage blanks, any ideas?

[symondo]

Forgot about this but need to remove a completey ruined gauge. I'm looking to blank it off as it was not wired in anyway.

Ive tried searching for such a thing by a number of ways and still can't locate the right kind of item in the uk.

Any ideas where to locate such a blank circle of plastic?

 

[jfm]

What diameter? You might get lucky and find something on www.componentforce.co.uk. I've ordered from them a few times and they're good, but best of all if you ask on their website for a free sample they send you one

Colhel could turn you a polished s/s disc with a spigot to fit into the hole

 

[symondo]

Its a standard size, not the small ones but the larger size. I reckon its a 5" dial, need to measure it really but definitely a larger standard gauge

 

[David2452]

Sink, or rather bath tap blanks are 52mm in dia just like many gauges and I have used them in the past, available in chrome, brass and white, I got an assorted slack handful for about £10 from ebay.

 

[symondo]

Superb site! Saved, will measure up next time I'm down

 

[jfm]

Its a standard size, not the small ones but the larger size. I reckon its a 5" dial, need to measure it really but definitely a larger standard gauge

Yikes, 5inch is pretty big. You can get desk grommets (google/google image that) in 125mm dia though perhaps they're not as pretty as you'd like. Maybe you can use the hole for a USB lead or something! Or you can buy a nice 5 inch clock or barometer

 

[symondo]

I say 5" but in all honesty I've No idea its a rough guess.

The gauge in question is a rudder location gauge from a cetrek auto pilot. Its completely ruined and has no cables going to it, so looking to blank it off for the time being

 

[jfm]

I say 5" but in all honesty I've No idea its a rough guess.

The gauge in question is a rudder location gauge from a cetrek auto pilot. Its completely ruined and has no cables going to it, so looking to blank it off for the time being

It's on the centreline then I guess. So a clock aint such a bad idea? Or a Raymarine/Garmin square instrument - they are 110 x 108mm iirc

 

[Alpha22]

What colour, thickness and diameter would you like???? http://www.plasticonline.co.uk/acrylic-sheets-discs/acrylic-discs/cat_1381.html

From about a tenner....

 

[Puggy]

I bought some 3mm black perspex, using a jigsaw cut out a panel large enough to cover the hole and stuck it over the hole using a small blob of silicone in each corner. Looks very smart, and you can even mount a new smaller instrument into it if you want.

Look at http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3mm-Black...908?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3cc3454e4c

 

[stelican]

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Hi Try asap supplies suffolk they list faria gauges who maufacture blank units

 

[symondo]

What diameter? You might get lucky and find something on www.componentforce.co.uk. I've ordered from them a few times and they're good, but best of all if you ask on their website for a free sample they send you one

Colhel could turn you a polished s/s disc with a spigot to fit into the hole

Brilliant website! Only would of been better if I had paid attention and ordered the 90mm one I need instead of 9mm....