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[scaffers]

i will be fitting new panels, if my arm ever recovers..................

im toying with the idea of buying a sheet metal punch to punch the panels ready for welding.

my thinking is, it has to be faster and more controlled than drilling



what do you think?



scaff

[Ethel]

http://www.machinema...with-hole-punch, great for panel edges. A spot weld drill for elsewhere & a deburrer if needed.

[sonikk4]

The hole punch normally punches holes 5/32 in size. This size i find fills with weld too quickly to make a decent contact point.

I drill 1/4" holes for all of my plug welding to ensure i get a decent weld.

[sonikk4]

http://www.machinema...with-hole-punch, great for panel edges. A spot weld drill for elsewhere & a deburrer if needed.

I have this very tool. the joggler part is very good and i use for quite a few things. The hole punch works don't get me wrong and i did use it quite a bit but the plug welds could be a bit hit and miss. Personal preference ?? yes but time and experience tells.

[scaffers]

what size is the hole on the joggler?

is it about 5-6mm



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[Ethel]

smaller, about 4mm?

[scaffers]

so not ideal for a weld then

[Artful Dodger]

we use that joggler / punch literally on every body work job. couldnt work without it. such a good tool. so much easier than drilling and we find the holes are a perfect size for plug welding. can even make them look exactly like spot welds.

have had the same one about 15 years now, not worn or broken. proper job. can see use and results on my 1980 mini miglia project.

[sonikk4]

I think with that size of hole a fairly high power setting is really needed. It is a pain drilling loads of holes i have to admit but then i don't do this for any sort of living (working on cars) so each to there own. It will be handy for flanges ie sills, door steps etc but the one thing i found with mine it leaves a raised edge so you really need to go along with a block and hammer to flatten them before welding.

Plus the springs on mine are shot so i will stick with my drills.

[Shifty]

Theres also a pneumatic version of that tool, I've got it and its brilliant. Much faster and easier than the hand one.

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item484500bac3

[Noah]

I've not done alot of welding in my time, but the times I have at college I've only used a punch to create the perfect situation for a Plug weld.

I would've been there all day if I'd drilled it.

[Artful Dodger]

Theres also a pneumatic version of that tool, I've got it and its brilliant. Much faster and easier than the hand one.

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item484500bac3

thats very cool, but i bet after a year or two of being used often, mostly every week, it would break. manual lives on!!

[Shifty]

Theres also a pneumatic version of that tool, I've got it and its brilliant. Much faster and easier than the hand one.

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item484500bac3

thats very cool, but i bet after a year or two of being used often, mostly every week, it would break. manual lives on!!

Probably, mine doesn't get used that much so its fine for me. The joddler is a life saver, when I do 1/2 floors I like to joddle the panel along the length of the car and then weld top and bottom for strength. Doing it by hand takes ages, the air one makes it easy.

[scaffers]

Theres also a pneumatic version of that tool, I've got it and its brilliant. Much faster and easier than the hand one.

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item484500bac3

oohh

that looks good,

i have a compressor etc,




scaff

[Artful Dodger]

Theres also a pneumatic version of that tool, I've got it and its brilliant. Much faster and easier than the hand one.

http://www.ebay.co.u...=item484500bac3

thats very cool, but i bet after a year or two of being used often, mostly every week, it would break. manual lives on!!

Probably, mine doesn't get used that much so its fine for me. The joddler is a life saver, when I do 1/2 floors I like to joddle the panel along the length of the car and then weld top and bottom for strength. Doing it by hand takes ages, the air one makes it easy.

i bet it does!! il be eating my words when i have to manually do the length of a floor! ;)