Bought a Chicago Electric Stud Gun at Harbor Freight $79 on sale. Never used one before but the videos showed it to be a fairly simple tool to use. I had a few dents in inaccessible areas on the ‘66 C-10 project. The videos were correct, super simple and fairly straight forward. Dents including one crease were pulled in about an hour and ready for a smear of putty. All in all pleased with the purchase.
Martin '62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress) '47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project) ‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily) ‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence) “I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one! Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop! USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
I bought one from there years ago and it worked great until I ran out of the studs which came with it. They sold studs separately, but the replacements had round tips rather than pointed tips and did not work worth a dang. Maybe they have fixed that issue by now.
1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission
Martin, Please post a picture of this tool for the benefit of we poor ignoramuses who haven't a clue as to what a "stud gun" is. At first, I thought you were talking about a framing gun ... but apparently not ...
John
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Wayne 1938 1-Ton Farm Truck Stovebolt Gallery Forums 1989 Silverado 1996 Mustang GT convertible When I die, I hope she doesn't sell everything for what I told her I paid for it!
I borrowed one to use from a friend for the dents that had no access behind for a dolly. He called it a Spitznagel. That's German for "pointed nail". Like Martin said, pretty easy to use.
Kevin 1951 Chevy 3100 work truck Follow this saga in Project Journal Photos 1929 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. | 1929 Ford Special Coupe (First car) Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
Carl the studs come in two sizes (you have to change the tips) and have a slightly rounded head. So far seem to work as advertised.
You have to be careful not to hold the button too long or it will burn through the panel. Don’t ask me how I know. Pulls dents very well, even creases. As Wayne said it is definitely not an everyday tool.
Martin '62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress) '47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project) ‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily) ‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence) “I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one! Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop! USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
