The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Paint and Body Shop Anyone Ever Encounter This Problem?

Some "BRIGHT" person welded the front fenders to the body...anyone have the best way to cut the weld?

Picture here of backwoods work
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Wow, that's awesome hahahahaha. Think of the money you will save on fender welting.

I guess I'd cut that with a zip disc on the grinder.

yup, my rears were welded on. Very carefully with a disk grinder

Cutting wheel on a Dotco (angle die-grinder).

will have to agree with tiny, just use the thin 1

No but I saw a guy weld his exhaust to the frame before.

x3

Its a slow process but very accurate.

FYI: Home Depot has the 3" cut off discs.

must have been a factory option , all 4 were welded on to my 40 lol , wonder if there was an up charge , at least they wont rattle , better make the dotco wheels x 4 on approval

I agree with everyone else regarding the die grinder and 1/32 cut-off wheels. It's the best way. I would cut on the fender side not the cowl side. The cut is going to remove material and it may be uneven since it is free-hand.

Good luck, go slow and steady. I would recommend a few pactice runs through some 18-gauge sheet metal to get the feel.

Dale

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Just a suggestion. I was wondering if maybe you held a piece of sheet metal between the side of the box, or cab & the cutting wheel and move it along as a shield to minimize the cutter & grind marks. Could save a lot of body work later. Part of my left rear fender had been welded on and this seemed to work well for me. Hope this helps out.

Everyone thanks for the input...think i will bust out the die grinder...Vick yes the shield is great idea...thanks will post new pictures when get it done. Fenderless guy if it was a factory option then i now know why the factories are closed.

Just as a word of caution, not all of the cut off discs carried by the big box stores have a high enough RPM rating for some of the higher RPM cut off/die grinders. Be sure to observe the RPM rating of the wheels you buy are adequate for your die grinder, lest they become a flying projectile.

Additionally, the cheaper cut off discs typically put more particulate in the air, quicker. My personal experience has been that the more expensive name brand discs carried by my local welding supply and rated for cutting stainless steel, will put less particulate in the air and make up any price difference with their longer abrasive life.

Now lets talk about breathing protection. The throw away dust masks are about only good for fogging up your safety glasses. I use one of the cheaper 3M respirators, the exhalation valves to the side keep the saftey glasses from fogging up, and the seal conforms to your face much better, less chance of breathing all that cut off wheel/steel particulate.

So the breathing mask is important? Never use them just thought they were a nice option..... JK thanks for heads up

Home Depot(I do not know if this is a big box store)

http://www.harborfreight.com/pack-of-10-3-inch-cut-off-wheels-for-metal-44812.html