Gas Welding

Gas welding is indispensable for body repair because of the broad range of its applications from joining the body panels, cutting the materials that construct the body and applying heat to reform panels and also because it is easy to get hold of the tools. However, this method requires experience.

Fig 1: Gas Welder and Welding Methods

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Fig 2: View of Welding Bending Angle of Flange and Melting Finger End of Flange

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The illustration is an example of how not to perform gas welding, avoid operations like the following:

• Welding the bending angle of a flange (1)
• Melting the finger end of a flange (2)