Working on a set of Custom outer scuff plates for my dart

There is another possibility...

The metal is getting too thin from stretching and separating. (Ripping rather than shearing)
Tried it at .0625 depth and it still sheared. then mic'd out the male and female lettering and found out it's wayyyyyyyy too close .026 instead of the .060 I really need (my bad forgetting to add in the metal thickness on both sides of the lettering instead of just a clearance path. Stupid operator error gets me every time.)