chris:
The cleanest way to do it is to find all the spot welds for the floor panel
and then use a spot weld cutter in your hand drill to pop all the spot
welds. A spot weld cutter looks like a miniature hole saw (about 5/16"
diameter) with a sprung center pin. The idea is that you cut through the top
layer only, and that leaves the materal underneath with a little wart on it
that you have to grind off.
Method #2 is to get a three-fingered seam cutter (for an air hammer) that
cuts a 1/8" to 3/16" strip out of the panel, and then you go around the part
you want. Not as nice, because you have to clean up the edge afterwards, and
the cheaper varieties of chisel tend to lose the middle finger if you walk
it over a doubled piece of sheetmetal.
After that things get messy. Probably a sawzall is your best bet. Minimal
material lost, and minimal dressing required afterward. An angle grinder
loads the edge and other parts with carbide chips, while doing a clean cut
on used metal with oxyacetylene is hard.
What does Rob Martel charge for a boot floor? Considering the amount of time
required to remove and clean up the old floor you may be better off starting
with a new piece of metal.
Good Luck
Theo Smit
B382002705
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Mottram [SMTP:c_mottram@yahoo.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 1:11 PM
> To: Tigers@autox.team.net; alpines@autox.team.net
> Subject: Boot Floor Removal tool
>
> Sorry if this is a duplicate. I sent it previously
> from my other address which shoud be refused by the
> "majordomo"
>
> I want to cut the boot floor out of one Sunbeam and
> put it in another. I don't have any tools that will
<snip>
> If anyone has done this before and has any advice, I
> welcome it.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
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