Afternoon All,

Just looking for some recommendations for a bit to drill out the spot welds for my various repairs

Ian

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1961 Morris 850 (being restored)
1965 Austin 1800 (daily driver)

I got mine from a seller on eBay. Haven't used them yet so can't report how good they are. About $12 each from memory.

Cheers,

Dicko.

I got one like a mini hole-saw with a spring-loaded centre. It works OK, but it's very easy to chip a tooth off which makes it real hard to control. It likes to grab and goes off-centre, you really need a small hole rather then a centre punch to keep it on centre.

Lately I have just been using a drill bit, about 8mm, sharpened with a really shallow point angle so it doesn't penetrate through the second panel. Heaps quicker and easier and lasts much longer. Then you just re-sharpen when you need to. Cheaper too.

Madmorrie

Thanks Guys,

I've had trouble deciding between the two.

I might have a crack with the shallow drillbit type.

Ian

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1961 Morris 850 (being restored)
1965 Austin 1800 (daily driver)

I normally sharpen one up also, similar to a sheet metal drill. You can also have a range of drill sizes then too.

If you know a toolmaker or someone good at sharpening drills maybe they can sharpen for you?

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IAN.
There are several methods as aove, which are excelent if you need to save the panel.

If your going to replace the panel with new, then I find its fairly easy to grab a small grinder, and with the tip of the wheel, I grind into the "spot". The top sheet (around the spot) sits up about 1/2 mm and this weakens it enough to rock n roll off. As I said, its quick but destroys the old panel.

Alex.