>Bowen, Patrick A. RP2 <jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil> wrote
>
>> i have started drilling out some of the spot welds and
>>thought I should stop and ask some advice. Is it bad to drill all the way
>>through both panels? I have not been able to consistently drill out the
>>welds, without doing this. How do you repair this later when you have a
>>hole staring at you.
I replied:
>You can drill through in a lot of cases. For example if you are replacing
>the outer sill and leaving the inner sill, you drill through and then plug
>weld from the inside to the new outer sill. Depends on your situation and
>what panels you replace. If you have a hole, plug weld it.
>
>I have the Eastwood spot weld cutter with the center guide and it is OK but
>occasionally the center guide gets stuck in the retracted position and I
>have to take it apart. I bought the other cutter but have not yet tried it
>out--I will let you know how it does in the next few days.
I tried out the other cutter and I find that it works better than the cutter
with
the center guide. Much less frustrating and works just as fast.
Pat
'72 Spit Mk IV
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