Craig Hopkins prefers to replace the car floor with spot welds like the factory, but so you can do it at home he shows you how to do it with plug welds. First, you need to identify with a marker where the torsion bar cross member and the brackets on the sides of rockers are. This tells you exactly where to put holes for the plug welds. Also, learn about the correct spacing for welds and diameter for the holes.
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6:36Craig Hopkins teaches you how to fit and weld the wheel panel on your project car in the wheelhouse. He uses a spot welder even though a plug weld works just as well for this type of job.
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1:04Craig Hopkins teaches you how to sharpen a chisel on a bench grinder with ease in this video. To get a single edge chisel, you simply lay it on the stone and create a sharp edge and a cup.
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