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Eastwood Spot Weld Cutter

To: "Bowen, Patrick A. RP2" <jak0pab@jak10.med.navy.mil>,
Subject: Eastwood Spot Weld Cutter
From: "Pat and Kammy Willems" <pwillems@cyberramp.net>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 1998 08:03:22 -0500
>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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