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.In a bit of a conundrum about the engine valve cover. 90% of the paint has flaked off of it and the bare metal is rusting, I'm afraid to pull the valve cover because sure as sunshine, the gasket is going to fall apart into 20+ pieces the minute I pull it apart. I can buy an entire engine gasket set for ~ $450 but that would be a bit retarded for a valve cover gasket. I also think that's a bit too much and too big a gasket to attempt by hand. There is a company in town that can cut gaskets on a CNC machine if you bring them a pattern... Sounds expensive. Guess I'll have to call them and ask.
That is a heck of an idea! CNC cut gasket material should be an easy job to do. We have a 5x10ft cutter that we cut signs with. Plastic, rubber, aluminum, paper, pressure sensitive vinyl... All kinds of "non steel" materials. Just a simple DXF file to feed it to the cutter.
The tough part would be drawing the shape. OR tracing it (or the valve cover) and then scanning it with a blueprint scanner, then auto tracing it into AutoCAD. Just to be nosy, I would love to hear what the "company in town" can do for you and maybe what that might cost. Scanning and Converting is something we do regularly too.