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Cutting welds

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Cutting welds

Post by gu4800 »

Not being a welder (or any sort of handyman for that matter), thought I'd ask some advice here:-

Need to remove a gas bottle holder (the ring type) from the front chassis rail of my camper trailer (and also move the jockey wheel forward).

What is the best way to cut the welds without damaging the chassis rail? Want to cut it off clean, and not leave any part of the gas bottle holder there (ie, don't want to simply cut the gas bottle holder, but more the welds themselves)

If it is with an a grinder, what sort of cutting disk do I look for?

Thanks in advance.
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Post by eliteforce32 »

from experience, and some one may correct me :armsup: , i use a wafer thin disc, on my 9 inch grinder to take welds off cleanly and use just a standard steel grinding disk to clean the rail :armsup:
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eliteforce32 wrote:from experience, and some one may correct me :armsup: , i use a wafer thin disc, on my 9 inch grinder to take welds off cleanly and use just a standard steel grinding disk to clean the rail :armsup:


Even a cheap 4 1/2" grinder would do.
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Post by stephen »

a 1mm thick (.9 I think) metal cutting disk to cut it off just off the chassis and then a flap disk to carefully clean it up.
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Post by gu4800 »

Thanks to all - mission accomplished.
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