How to Use a Spot Weld Tool on a Car

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Part of the video series: How to Replace a Car Trunk

Summary: Use a spot weld when replacing a new car trunk by poking holes a surface and welding them shut to establish the finish; our expert explains how in this free auto-repair video.

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By Doug Jenkins
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Doug Jenkins runs Doug Jenkins Custom Hot Rods in St. Louis, where he restores classic cars and creates mild to wild custom street rods. He races a 1972 Corvette in the SCCA...read more

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"Hi I'm Doug. I work with 20 great guys in St Louis at Doug Jenkins Custom Hotrods and we're going to do some work for you today on Expert Village. Now Alex has the spot weld tool. He's poking holes in the bracket so that we can reproduce the look of a spot weld. A spot weld is accomplished with pinchers that have electricity going through them and they just assume a bunch of electricity through two pieces to weld them together. It's not possible to do that on the scale we're working here. So he pokes holes in the thing and then we can weld up the holes and attach the bracket to the trunk floor and it looks like a spot weld. It's good; it's a good looking finish when you're done."

eHow Article: How to Use a Spot Weld Tool on a Car