[Spits] Cutting spot welds

[Charles Reid]

I would have preferred to used a spot welder, but I own a MIG welder: and you
are right, close quarters and odd angles makes for interesting welding.
Charles Reid
1980 Triumph Spitfire


> Date: Thu, 2 Aug 2012 11:53:06 -0400
> From: doug at dougbraun.com
> To: spitfires at autox.team.net; Shop-talk at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Spits] Cutting spot welds
>
> Thanks for all the advice!
>
> BTW, here are some reasons why electric spot welding seems worth doing for
> this repair:
>
> 1: All the joints are flange-to-flange (i.e. no overlapping parts), and all
> the flanges stick out, and are easily accessible.
> 2: I don't feel comfortable doing MIG plug welds on vertical surfaces
> underneath the car.
> 3: Some of the joints have capping strips or trim going over them, so any
> extra material has to be carefully ground off.
> 4: There are about 90 to 100 welds to do.
> 5: The spot welder is on sale :-)
>
> Doug
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