Hole size for floor pan spot welds...
When installing new floor pan sections, what hole size do you guys normally use in the new panels where you will spot weld them to the rails?
I've seen some posts that say 7/32, some that say 1/4.
I bought a section of frame rail from a member, bought a small sheet of 22ga steel, scribed the rail location and drilled 1/4 holes for my first practice of plugging spot welds. I'm taking a welding class and wanted to practice on the closest thing to what I'll eventually be doing. Did a sucky job as you can see from the pic. I got another sheet of 22ga today and I'm gonna grind the first practice one off this weekend, make a new one and try again. I know I made too many spotwelds (too close), but my goal here is to get better at plugging holes - making good spot welds.
So what do you suggest fir hole sizes???
When installing new floor pan sections, what hole size do you guys normally use in the new panels where you will spot weld them to the rails?
I've seen some posts that say 7/32, some that say 1/4.
I bought a section of frame rail from a member, bought a small sheet of 22ga steel, scribed the rail location and drilled 1/4 holes for my first practice of plugging spot welds. I'm taking a welding class and wanted to practice on the closest thing to what I'll eventually be doing. Did a sucky job as you can see from the pic. I got another sheet of 22ga today and I'm gonna grind the first practice one off this weekend, make a new one and try again. I know I made too many spotwelds (too close), but my goal here is to get better at plugging holes - making good spot welds.
So what do you suggest fir hole sizes???
