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Old 01-20-2024, 10:48 AM
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Originally Posted by vwnate1 View Post
I wish I had your skills .

Have I yet asked what you use to so cleanly remove the original sport welds ? .

TIA,
I wish I had a spot/pinch weld drill, but I'm too cheap to buy one.


Depending on the access I have to the parts I'll use a drill [and back fill what material is lost with weld], a die grinder with a burr or a grinder with a disc or flap wheel.


And as for the skill, I've got very little. But I've got patience and some amount of internal "that's good enough" to keep me from obsessing over how I'm never going to get it perfect enough. Thanks for the support though. I'm posting here partially to help others see what is possible, but also to keep me going. My inner critic is pretty nasty sometimes.
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