Bonding Time
Following the automakers’ recommended repair procedures when using adhesives is critical to consumers’ safety and the completion of a quality repair.
Weld Exotic Metals
This new compact single-phase 200 Amp MIG inverter power source offers fully automatic synergic and pulsed-synergic MIG welding and brazing capabilities for high-strength steel, stainless steel, galvanized steel and all aluminum alloys. It also features a broad range of pre-programmed synergic curves. Call (800) 622-8665 or visit www.mactools.com.
Long Live the Oxyacetylene Torch
Some think the oxyacetylene torch is dead. But more than a few master techs consider it a vital tool in their arsenals, and you may too once you understand its versatility.
Success with Single-Sided Resistance Spot Welding
Despite having tried twice, experiencing failed welds both times, I knew I could save myself time installing a floor pan by using single-sided spot welding — if I could just get it right. by March Taylor I, like most in the industry, believe that squeeze-type resistance spot welding (STRSW) aftermarket technology has finally caught up
You Want a Piece of Me: Sectioning
The term sectioning makes some of us regress into our memories to a time when we lived to cut and splice automobile bodies to such an extent that they became unrecognizable as to their original make or model. Come on, admit it, at least half of you are looking back, somewhat reverently, thinking about the
Taking the Despair Out of Door Skin Repair
To make this often-dreaded task more appealing to techs – and more profitable to your shop – re-think door skin replacement during the estimating process. Then after writing an estimate that includes all the necessary procedures, enlist a few special techniques and tools to speed up the actual repair.
No Bonding Allowed
It wasn’t long ago that the only choice a repair technician had to replace a quarter panel, roof or door skin was to cut it off and weld it back on.
Why Weld Plastics?
It’s not unheard of for someone to ask, “Why even bother with plastic welding?” The answer: It can be a cost-effective repair method for many plastics that you’d normally throw out.