I bought several HF spot weld cutters (already had a couple from Eastwood), but my genius moment was when I hired a kid at $10/hour to drill the suckers out while I worked on something easier and more interesting!
Both the Eastwood and HF cutters wore down pretty fast, BTW - I couldn't tell any difference in quality. As to removing the little circles left behind, I sacrified an old wood chisel - most of them popped off without much resistance. M D "Doc" Nugent - www.carcentric.com Seattle area ________________________________ From: Doug Braun <[email protected]> To: Shop-Talk <[email protected]>; Spitfire Group <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, August 2, 2012 7:38 AM Subject: [Spits] Cutting spot welds Hello, I'm replacing the lower rear valence panel on my Spit, because it was bashed up years ago, and crudely repaired with bondo. I've been using a cheap HF spot-weld drill bit to separate the spot welds, and that is going faster than I expected, especially since the Spitfire sheet metal is so thin. But does anybody know the best way to grind down those little discs of metal that the drill leaves behind? (My drill bit is like a little hole-cutter.) I need to grind them flush, without cutting too deeply into the second, remaining panel. BTW, I'll probably spring for a HF electric spot-welder to attach the new panel. Thanks again, Doug _______________________________________________ [email protected] Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $11.47 Archive: http://www.team.net/archive Forums: http://www.team.net/forums Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spitfires/[email protected] _______________________________________________ [email protected] Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html Suggested annual donation $11.47 Archive: http://www.team.net/archive Forums: http://www.team.net/forums Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/spitfires/[email protected]
