there is or was 30 years a go a cuter made to cut out spot welds
the spring loaded pin in center keeped it centered on the spot weld
and it cut a ring hole arould it leaving the lose sheet tin and
a sope to air hammer off
the body man brazed the pannel back on with the holes made
i hope me spelling is ok to read
At 07:31 PM 5/27/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Close, try drilling through the spot welds, locate the new channel and MIG
>weld through the holes you just made. Grind down the welds and it should
>come out very nice. Much neater than trying to grind things out of the way.
>Also works nicely for separating whole panels out of the body for
>replacement.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John A. Hern Jr <hern@nidlink.com>
>To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Date: Sunday, May 27, 2001 7:10 PM
>Subject: [MV] Hat Channel question
>
>
> >I just got done sandblasting the tub for my jeep project today, and will
> >be replacing the hat channel shortly - it's already on order.
> >
> >Question #1: What's the easiest way to remove the old stuff? (I was
> >thinking of grinding through the spot welds from the bottom...)
> >
> >
> >Question #2: What's the best way of fastening on the new stuff? I
> >don't have a spot welder with that long a reach...
> >
> >Thanks,
> >
> >John
> >
> >
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> >
> >John A. Hern Jr. 1900 Millview Coeur d'Alene, Idaho 83814
> >mailto:hern@nidlink.com Dipl.Ing. Mechanical Engineer
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