spot welds

[dangerranger2008]

any one know the best thing to cut spot welds out with. I am working on rebuilding a 1966 ford mustang

 

[snoman6115]

a drill bit and a case of good beer. o ya and a drill to use the bit. or maybe screw it and jsut drink the beer

 

[dangerranger2008]

sound s like its going to be fun

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

There are spot weld cutters

But they are expensive and dull quickly. On my 72 stang I ended up just used a regular drill bit and then an air chisel to separate the panels.

 

[fordtrucknut77]

PLASMA CUTTER lmao but you probly didnt need to here that...yea man seriously a drill bit...several drill bits actually and a good strong drill

 

[chvlfrk]

I got mine at NAPA, like this one:

 

[85DANGERanger]

to save drill bit, first, drill a pilot hole using a smaller drill bit, then go up the a bigger size. might take awhile, but you wont be spending 6-8 buck per drill bit.

 

[snoman6115]

or use wat my buddy does for restorations and he uses dewalt pilot point bits, they maybe $4 each and have basically a 1/8 inch long pilot tip on them and they stay sharp very long. i drilled out an entire roof on a 63.5 galaxie and it was still sharp as new.
http://www.dewalt.com/us/products/accessory_category_detail.asp?categoryID=4114

 

[BlackBII]

I second the dewalt bits. They work awesome!

 

[dangerranger2008]

okay thats good there is a lot of spot welds on this mustang so hope to get it restored soon.

 

[HareRazor]

Also restoring 66 mustang here, and I use the spot weld bit like in post #6

 

[BlackBII]

'66 Mustang eh?

I think you guys may find the link in my sig interesting..this page in particular:

http://www.dagostinirestorations.com/1966_Shelby_Resto.php