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Old 06-26-2014, 10:08 AM
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Originally Posted by Mike Motage View Post
Thanks Bill, Kent and David. I'm about to start shaping my ally panels for my Jag and have never gas welded ally before. So, this is all good timing for me. I still blow holes occasionaly in 1mm steel, fixing those are no problem.

Would planishing the excess ally that gathers around the hole, in order to make the hole smaller, be a good idea?
That is good practice, Mike.

Since none of the metal has been lost just clean off the flux, bat the metal flat around the hole to close it up and weld it on through.
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