Replicating Factory Spot Weld Appearance

[m22mike]

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After spot welding new NOS quarter panels on one of the Camaros we had at legend judging with a 15K tower spot welder, one of the judges did not like a few of the accurate reproduced assembly line style welds. He claimed a few were not as "round" as he would like to see. He then told us about recreating the welds with a No.2 pencil. That way the fake welds would look more consistant. Any idea now many No.2s' you can buy for 15K?...What were we thinking?...BKH

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This why I could care less about ever having a car judged !
To much ego looking at way over restored car's ( I think over restored car's are a good thing by the way)and making Judging decisions based on what "they" think.
These spot welds are the perfect example of that, There not going to be uniform !
There I said it ! Now....Let the fun begin !

Mike

Mike

[Keith Tedford]

In the old days, the welders were set at one heat. As the tips got beat down the diameter increased. Guys would go at the tips and rough down the diameter. NOt exactly round now. Now they have steppers that step up the current after every so many hits so they still get a good weld even though the diameter has increased. Saves on hydro too. I can see how the out of round welds occurred. I repaired weld guns in the Oshawa "A" body plant from 1976 to 1983.

[firez]

I restored a 68 camaro for a local fellow 2 years ago and after it was complete he gave me a binder with a pile of pics of the restoration along with a note written on the back cover saying the car turned out better than he thought was possible. One year later I was served with court papers saying he was suing me and yes his main concern was the spot welds were not perfectly spaced from one another.Nuts