[TR] drilling out spot welds, steel guage

Dixie dixie4.wales at virgin.net
Sat Oct 4 17:36:36 MDT 2008


I have tried the special spot weld drills but find that once blunt are 
impossible to sharpen. 1/4 " standard drill is best. When the edge goes 
it can be touched up on the bench grinder.
Adrian
TR4A CT64306 O
Wales UK

Gary Nafziger wrote:
> I'm curious about what people are using to drill out  spot welds.  I've been
> using regular drill bits (bought more expensive one at Sears which didn't help
> a whole lot) and I find they don't last long.  I'm just wondering what others
> have found to work well.  Do the special spot weld drill bits work well?  Or
> are there more expensive regular bits that work just as well?
>
> Also does
> anyone know what guage steel tr-3 bodies are made of?  I'll be needing to buy
> some replacement steel soon.
>
> thanks!
> gary n.
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