No plasma cutter, recip saw and angle grinder/cutoff tool. Benz steel is surprisingly soft and easy to cut from previous experience on 124 and 126 hulks. Maybe that’s all cars, has to do with crash energy absorption and deformation?
—FT Sent from my iPad > On Apr 27, 2023, at 12:12 AM, G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > If you have a plasma cutter, or have access to one, and a straight edge to > use as a guide for the cutter, it would make really quick work of > harvesting the sheet metal in useable [and storeable] sizes.. > Just a thought. > >> On Wed, Apr 26, 2023 at 7:38 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < >> mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: >> >> I’ve thought of that but according to Fitzee most newer cars use very thin >> gauge metal for panels, so thin it’s hard to weld you just blow holes in >> it. IDK if that’s true on that car. >> >> An old W123 or something would probably be a good source for sheet metal. >> >> >> >>> On Wed, Apr 26, 2023, at 22:04, Buggered Benzmail via Mercedes wrote: >>> I was thinking this afternoon while I was crawling around under the ML >>> that it might be worthwhile to save some of the body metal to use for >>> welding patches on other cars, or whatever. Benz metal, right? I have >>> the hood which is kinda banged up, the front fenders are gone, the >>> hatch and doors are in very good shape so I’ll just detach those, maybe >>> cut out some roof metal? Some rear quarter panel metal? >>> >>> Then take the hulk to the knacker for a few dineros. >>> >>> --FT >>> Sent from iFōn >>> _______________________________________ >>> http://www.okiebenz.com >>> >>> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >>> >>> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> _______________________________________ >> http://www.okiebenz.com >> >> To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ >> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >> http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com >> >> > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
