How to Remove Spot Welds: Must Know Tips and Tricks

Your spot weld cutter looks the same as mine. If you take it out of the chuck and look at the end there should be a screw visible in the centre. That bears on the spring for the spring-loaded centre and can be adjusted to act as a stop. You set the depth of the cut to match the thickness of the sheet you're cutting and prevent you cutting into the panel behind. Adjust it on a piece of scrap the same gauge or set it too shallow on the first spot weld and then slowly adjust it to increase the depth until it just cuts the first sheet. Saves a lot of damage and time. Run the drill slowly.

The angle grinder's faster. Another option, especially if you have access from the other side, and if you're replacing the removed panel, is to simply drill them right out. You can then use the holes to weld through from the other side once your new panel's on.

Awesome vid. Thanks for taking the time to make it and being so thoughtful in explaining the technique. Very helpful!

I am so glad You made this video because I’m about to tackle spot welds to remove the rusted rear valance from the hatch of my Z and all of your information covered all the questions I had before I needed to tackle this so thank you 🙏

Great work and lots of useful tips. And I totally agree: master of craft is somebody that has already made all the possible mistakes once and is able to fix all those mistakes and maybe avoid those in the future. It doesn't matter if you're working with wood or metal; pretty much any mistakes in working can be fixed, it's just the question how much extra work that's going to require.

Very nicely explained. I really like that you showed all the pitfalls you encountered. I'm the kind of person that can find more problems than most people knew were possible, so this really helps. Thank you.

Excellent; being a "beginner" helps because there are so many things one forgets as they get better/more accomplished. Your using the center punch(I have EXACTLY the same one!) aaand a small drill bit(less than 1.8") to keep the center point from wandering is my favorite trick as well. thanks for taking the time to make this video with very good explanations, bruce

Great video definitely well made !! I work in a body shop and honestly this is great video for those starting to replace structural parts

I'm just about to start removing spot welds on my TR6 project so this presentation was very helpful. Great music!

Foreshadowing!!! Really helpful video - doing a 71 Triumph. Keep up the great work and sharing!

Thanks for the insane detail in each part of the video gives a lot of insight for helping weld my radiator support on

You got too start somewhere removing that rust! Thank you for your time to show how you love your Z!

YOU DON'T NEED TO CUT THROUGH THE FIRST LAYER!!! You just need to cut deep enough that the first layer remains very thin, almost foil like. It will separate simply due to having little strength. :)

hey man just want to let you know I've been watching the build series, its helped with my own part of my build

Thanks from across the Pond for the video as I'm starting to deal with Spot Welds too - AND the Horrors revealed under whatever it is you're removing. RUST!! PS: I love your 'Jenga' (an old Swahili word) wooden axle stands - 'hadn't thought of doing that either to gain some extra height off the ground. Cheers, Piers in Avebury, Wiltshire

Thanks mate.....I was looking to find a video on removing spot welds. Low and behold i come across your video AND you are working on a 280z as well. Thanks for the tips.....I have everything but the finger sander so i might do some research on that too

I took out so many spot welds on my 240z restoration as well. After a while I just used an angle grinder w/cutting disc as well as a belt sander to speed things up more.

Thanks for sharing. Excellent communication & problem-solving. I would hire you.

Another way to remove spot welds is to use a 3" die grinder. The discs are cheaper and typically easier to find than belts for the small belt sanders. You can also get into really tight areas that way. Any way, good luck! I'm going to go watch some mroe of your videos!

Awesome video dude. I didn't even know those kinds of tools existed.