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| | | | Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 5 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Aug 2008 Posts: 5 | I am in the begining stages of restoring my 55 one ton. The toe boards are rusted pretty bad. Is it better to cut these out with a zip saw or a cutting torch? I am fairly new to body restoration so any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Chuck
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| | | | | Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,961 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2008 Posts: 4,961 | It is tempting to use a torch, but I went through that many years ago. Something always warps and a mess is created. A sawzall , angle grinder and die grinder do a much better job. I use a die grinder to find how far the rot goes and where I have good metal to weld to. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 486 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Aug 2006 Posts: 486 | I bought a nibbler but ended up using a 4" side grinder with a cutting wheel for most of my cutting. It's also handy to have snips, cold chisel, and other metal cutting tools handy to get into corners and inconvenient places.
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