Spot weld drill

[Guest]

Hi All.

I've been told there is a special drill to drill out spot welds, is this correc?

If so, where can I get one? Who makes them? What size? Are they expensive? Whats the meaning of life?

Cheers

Jason

[GDPR]

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stagstan wrote:

Hi All.

I've been told there is a special drill to drill out spot welds, is this correc?

If so, where can I get one? Who makes them? What size? Are they expensive? Whats the meaning of life?

Cheers

Jason

Forty two

[Giles]

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I have not got one but I assume you mean one of these?

http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.asp?productID=9087

[redstag]

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Frost sell two types.

Both work but I prefer the cobalt drill.



Pete



http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.a...=&subCatID=



http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.a...=&subCatID=

[Seaking]

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try e bay i got 5 very cheap and good quality

[Guest]

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Thanks Gents. Need to remove chassis closing panel



Jason

[al-stag]

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Any decent High Speed Steel Drill will drill out spot welds. Low carbon steel doesnt harden on welds. A centre punch will locate the drill better than that thing because there will be something there for it to centre on.

Al

[alan_thomas]

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al-stag wrote:

Any decent High Speed Steel Drill will drill out spot welds. Low carbon steel doesnt harden on welds. A centre punch will locate the drill better than that thing because there will be something there for it to centre on.

Al

The reason a spot weld drill is better is that you only need drill thru one thickness ( the one you want to remove) leaving the remaining panel untouched. You don't even need to centre punch it first has they have a small point to keep the drill centred. Have used them plenty of times and they are much better then a normal drill which you cannot avoid drilling into the remaining panel. - Alan

[NickA]

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alan_thomas wrote:

The reason a spot weld drill is better is that you only need drill thru one thickness ( the one you want to remove) leaving the remaining panel untouched. You don't even need to centre punch it first has they have a small point to keep the drill centred. Have used them plenty of times and they are much better then a normal drill which you cannot avoid drilling into the remaining panel. - Alan

Agree 100% one of the best "tools" I bought when doing the bodywork was a spot weld cutter from Frosts.

[Ds_Stag]

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Jason

Got my spot weld drills from screw-fix went through about 4 in 2 years of panel replacement.

Derek

[Guest]

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Thanks Fellas, I'll try to get a couple tomorrow!

Jason

[marshman]

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I can only speak of the frost spot weld cutter as listed by redstag.



http://www.frost.co.uk/item_Detail.a...=&subCatID

I bought mine over 10 years ago and use it occasionally to remove the odd panel. AsI recall I have removed about 6 or 7 wings as well as various other panels on numerous cars, and I'm still using the original cutter. Just use a slow speed and plenty of lubricant and it cuts very nicely, no disortion or damage to the 2nd layer.

I would recommend getting just one of these - or get the set with some spare cutters at 19.50.

Roger