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Old May 27, 2004 | 06:43 AM
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welding nails for pulling dents

My local welder told me over a year ago when i bought my suit case welder as he would call it, that i could weld a nail where i needed to pull out small dents.The problem is retired and moved south and just in the last mounth have i tried his advice. Every time i stich the nail on and go to use the dent puller the nail comes off. I even tried to condition the metal and nails with no sucess. any one ever tried this with sucess. Thank you.
 
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Old May 27, 2004 | 02:24 PM
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I haven't welded nails on but have used a mig to weld on the studs that come with a dent puller. Perhaps the nails you are using are made of some impure metal??
 
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Old May 27, 2004 | 04:23 PM
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I have used a stud welder in the past, to increase the strength of the weld you increased the time,

I don't have access to one at the moment so I weld on washers with my mig and use a hook on my slide hammer

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Old May 28, 2004 | 01:30 AM
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It's fairly common for a nail to pull loose. Steve's suggestion of increasing the time helps.
 
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