But you can use a welding spoon to help. I did a bazillion holes on my cj2a. I put a backing plate, a big hunk of copper, and a magnet to hold the mess on then went and welded it from the other side. The copper will wick away the heat and the weld wire won't stick to it. If its a clean hole you can even use just the spoon. I made the spoon out of a hunk of copper (like for an electrode) about 1/4 thick by 1" wide by 4" long, heated it up, flattend with a hammer, and then mounted that to a busted screw driver handle.