[scotts66goat]

If I cut my quarter off leaving a inch, can I clamp my doner quarter up and plasma cut both? O will the gap be to big to butt weld?

[scotts66goat]

If I cut my quarter off leaving a inch, can I clamp my doner quarter up and plasma cut both? O will the gap be to big to butt weld?

[1970cat]

i have only seen a plasma cutter used a couple of times , but in both cases i remember an uneven edge with a fairly large gap. probably too large for welding. i think if you were to clamp and put screws into the two to hold them tight you should be able to use a cut-off wheel to slice them. this would leave a clean edge of about 1/4 inch. maybe some one with more experience than me in this can add more to the subject.

[scotts66goat]

thanks, I was hoping if I clamped them together I could burn a good line. I am a tool maker by trade and used to working within .0005 all day

[RE HAMMONS]

personally i would use a panel flange tool on the part of the panel still on the car, cut the replacement part to fit in the flanged panel fasten in place with rivits clamps of gleco fastners,check fit carefully around the edges openings or other parts even put items such as mouldingd or bumpers on when you are satisfied with the fit weld the panel in place remove all of the misc fastners used to hold things in place and finish as needed

[Marty Phipps]

Clamp the two panels together like you thought.
Then use a saber saw to cut in the middle of the overlap.
Tack weld about every 2-3"
Keep this up until the panel is fully welded....
Very little warpage will occur then

Sometime back...........
I actually posted quite a few way's to replace panels.
Deep searching through the body shop forums should turn them up

[larry davis]

What Marty said works well, providing you get optimal penetration w/ your welds.
No Plasma, torch, etc... Too much warpage.
I like using a flanger also. After dressing the weld down for finsh, the lap joint design leaves more of the inherent bead thickness for strength.