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Re: Welding Spit body panels

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Subject: Re: Welding Spit body panels
From: "Tod Jones" <todjones@rica.net>
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 10:31:44 -0400

If you get a welder to repair the sheetmetal on your Spitfire I would also
reccomend a set of flanging pliers. They let you bend a flange around the
repair area so the welded area is double thickness. It is a lot stronger and
the surface will take a lot less grinding to smooth out.


Tod Jones
Harrisonburg, Va.
http://home.rica.net/todjones/index.htm
67 Spitfire Mk II      Finally on the road after 2 years and 3 new
grandkids.



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