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1. RE: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: gschluge@cstone.net (Greg Schluge); Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 10:03:17 -0400; I have a gas rig and a mig. The gas is slow and hot. It also spits through rust. I was good with it though and could form metal over curved areas. I bought a mig and had some trouble learning how to; /html/spitfires/2000-09/msg00334.html (7,562 bytes)
2. Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: Mike Ginter <mginter@concentric.net>; Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 17:57:21 -0600; Hey gang, I'm trying to learn a little bit about welding for the purpose of repairing Spitfire floor pans etc... I have been focusing on MIG/TIG/ARC/Gasless and started to wonder. Can this type of wo; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00942.html (7,571 bytes)
3. RE: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: Craig Smith <CraigS@iewc.com>; Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 19:12:13 -0500; I am no welder, GAS,TIG, or gas. I sell wire to Miller Electric, I got lucky and got a Miller Cricket Mig and tried it. I replaced the floor pans, sills, and redid most of the trunk area with it. I; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00944.html (8,767 bytes)
4. Re: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 06:02:20 -0400; I put my floor/sills/rockers/etc. in with a flux-core wire feed Mig kinda weldy thing. It's messy, but they support my weight and the car doesn't sag anymore! Luke '71 Spit - "Fireball" (My welding s; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg00971.html (8,128 bytes)
5. Re: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 07:13:25 -0400; It can be done with a torch, but it is almost always advised against. The reason is heat, resulting in panel distortion. Things like spot welds and mig perform the weld almost instantly, resulting in; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01007.html (8,937 bytes)
6. Re: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 17:43:11 -0400; There are products you can use that help even more, although distortion is still a problem. I use the stuff with great success, it's like runny blue play-dough. One brand name is Sta-Frost putty, alt; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01017.html (10,361 bytes)
7. Re: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: Fred Griffiths <griffco@mail.cadvision.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Aug 2000 19:43:52 -0600; I'd have to disagree. I just bought steel pop rivets from an indusrial fasterner warehouse in Calgary. They have the usual steel pop-shank, but also steel head. The do take more ;pullp to pop, but ev; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01035.html (8,755 bytes)
8. Re: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: "dayton carpenter" <djcarpen@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:52:39 GMT; In my opinion there is only one way to go, mig weld it. Rivets tend to shake loose and your body filler will crack. Gas welding, unless you are an expert will warp the hell out of your panels. Anythi; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01042.html (10,665 bytes)
9. RE: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: "Bowen, Patrick" <pbowen@intellinetics.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:01:36 -0400; I use stainless steel rivets, readily available at any industrial supply/fastener shop. They are more expensive. As for special tools, the only thing I required was more umph on the rivet tool and th; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01046.html (11,230 bytes)
10. Re: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: "Nolan Penney" <npenney@mde.state.md.us>; Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 08:30:08 -0400; It's very simple matter to make a joint or seam stronger then the metal around it by simply reinforcing it. Lapped joints are a good example of this. And as you've pointed out, a strong seam holds w; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01047.html (11,027 bytes)
11. Re: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: "Luke Lewis" <lukage@home.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 15:05:54 -0400; Yeah, it's strictly due to the number of times my car has been on fire. :-) Luke London, Ont. Canada a; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01065.html (8,806 bytes)
12. Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: LT <llst@telus.net>; Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 21:52:20 -0700; Has anyone tried the epoxy method of joining panels? I have been told twice in the last week that this is better/stronger than welding. I have to patch a fender and was wondering about it. Larry Tern; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01080.html (8,502 bytes)
13. Re: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 01:16:37 -0400; I have never heard anybody who has welded say ANYTHING is better than welding. Frankly, it just really isn't possible IMHO, welding is the natural technique for joining metal. As a lovely side bonus,; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01081.html (9,806 bytes)
14. Re: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: Joe Curry <spitlist@gte.net>; Date: Fri, 25 Aug 2000 22:14:44 -0700; Seems to me that for it to hold, you would have to ensure that the mating surfaces were clean enough to eat off of. I have epoxied panels underneath holes and filled over with body filler but never h; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01082.html (9,040 bytes)
15. Re: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: OHFASTONE@aol.com; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 03:04:49 EDT; < I have a publication from Hexcell that discusses what gives the superior bond, welding, riveting, or chemical bonding. In their study, the chemical bond was superior as stress was more evenly distr; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01083.html (9,595 bytes)
16. Re: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: "dayton carpenter" <djcarpen@hotmail.com>; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 09:55:19 GMT; Well said but added emphasis anything else is cobbing. Dayton ________________________________________________________________________; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01084.html (10,706 bytes)
17. Re: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 04:19:04 -0700 (PDT); Epoxy, and (stainless pop) rivets. Hey, it's what holds airliners together. Carter __________________________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere!; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01086.html (9,652 bytes)
18. Re: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: "Jeff McNeal" <jmcneal@ohms.com>; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 09:17:38 -0700; Yeah, but do you remember what happened to Hawaiian Airlines?; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01091.html (10,337 bytes)
19. Re: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: FODFARTS@cs.com; Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2000 18:50:45 EDT; I don't know about using epoxy on an outer panel, might show unless you get it very flush or bit lower and fill over but the limo company I work for uses an epoxy to bond the aluminum floor pans to t; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01098.html (9,333 bytes)
20. Re: Welding Spit body panels (score: 1): Author: Trevor Boicey <tboicey@brit.ca>; Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 05:24:15 -0400; Too many differences between airliners and cars for this to hold water. Airliners are made of thin aluminum. Cars are made out of thick(er) steel. Airliners have few if any tight curves or especially; /html/spitfires/2000-08/msg01109.html (10,629 bytes)

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