Spot weld cutters are super easy. Yeah sure, you’ll break a couple before you get the hang of it, but after that they last a long time. I think I used 4 to do the 200 spot welds to remove the roof skin from my parts Dart. Two in the first 10 minutes :BangHead: and then 2 for the whole rest of the skin. And sure, you’ll punch through a few times too but if you can’t weld up a 3/8” hole you probably shouldn’t be doing whatever it is you’re doing anyway. The holes in the top layer make for easy welding when it comes time to reinstall the panel, the surrounding metal is the original thickness and the flanges aren’t all bent out of shape from prying the layers apart.
And when you’re done everything is held together with welds that are about as similar to the originals as you’re going to get without a brand new panel and a fancy spot welder. Same size, same placement, same number.
