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Temporary joining two panels
I need to be able to pull two panels together to be able to plug weld them on my car body repair. It's not possible to clamp them together so I have currently three options in mind. There are a few sections where I'll need to use this approach, and will either involve joining SWG20 sheets or SWG20 to SWG16.
1) Tack nuts onto the back of the inner panel and then drill the opposing face on the outside panel so that I can bolt the two panels together.
2) Use self tapper screws. I'm concerned about strength of the fastening and distortion of the thin sheet.
3) Pop head rivets. Will leave rivet remnants rolling around in the chassis leg once I've drilled them out.
In all cases the plan will be to weld up the holes afterwards. Favouring the first option at the moment, but does anyone have any better ideas?
I need to be able to pull two panels together to be able to plug weld them on my car body repair. It's not possible to clamp them together so I have currently three options in mind. There are a few sections where I'll need to use this approach, and will either involve joining SWG20 sheets or SWG20 to SWG16.
1) Tack nuts onto the back of the inner panel and then drill the opposing face on the outside panel so that I can bolt the two panels together.
2) Use self tapper screws. I'm concerned about strength of the fastening and distortion of the thin sheet.
3) Pop head rivets. Will leave rivet remnants rolling around in the chassis leg once I've drilled them out.
In all cases the plan will be to weld up the holes afterwards. Favouring the first option at the moment, but does anyone have any better ideas?
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