[Mgs] Spot weld mill, need picture

Barney Gaylord barneymg at mgaguru.com
Tue Sep 9 03:30:12 MDT 2008


Thank you Rick,  --  Spot on!  (Pun intended).  For all the fiddling 
I as doing, all I had to do was call it a Drill instead 
of  Mill.  Google turns up lots of them as "Spot Weld Drill" or "Spot 
Weld Drill Kit".

Case closed,

Barney


At 11:34 PM 9/8/2008 -0700, Richard Ewald wrote:
>I know exactly what you are asking for, but damned if I can find it.
>It seems most places are just selling a Blair cutter type bit like 
>this kit 
><http://www.matcotools.com/Catalog/toolcatalog.jsp?cattype=T&cat=2485&page=2&#51873>http://www.matcotools.com/Catalog/toolcatalog.jsp?cattype=T&cat=2485&page=2&#51873
>
>I did find exactly what you are looking for with an air drill 
>attached 
><http://www.matcotools.com/Catalog/toolcatalog.jsp?cattype=T&cat=2552&select=&page=2>http://www.matcotools.com/Catalog/toolcatalog.jsp?cattype=T&cat=2552&select=&page=2 
>
>Good luck
>Rick
>
>On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 11:16 PM, Barney Gaylord 
><<mailto:barneymg at mgaguru.com>barneymg at mgaguru.com> wrote:
>Does anyone have a picture, or a retail source, or a manufacturer's
>name and model number, for a spot weld mill?  I have used one of
>these (borrowed), but I need a picture.
>
>This tool looks like a hand held air drill that holds an end mill
>cutter.  It also has a C-frame holding a small anvil in front of the
>cutter.  Position the tool over a spot welded sheet metal flange in
>line with a spot weld, pull the trigger, the milling cutter moves
>forward with some force to contact the weld while turnimg to cut
>through the first layer of metal.  Depth of cut is controlled by
>adjusting position of the anvil.
>
>Barney Gaylord
>1958 MGA with an attitude
><http://MGAguru.com>http://MGAguru.com


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