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I am restoring a 1974 MG Midget. The rear apron was damaged beyond my abilities to fix it. As I ground off the filler I came across 2 layers of paint and filler so it had been fixed 2 times before.
I bought an apron panel from Moss UK.
The bottom edge of the apron is spot welded and it appeared it could be tough to do the plug weld thing on that area so I bought a HF 220 Volt spot welder. It is heavy. My first impression of my test welds is it does a good lob. I can't pull or chisel the test pieces apart.
I sprayed weld through primer on one test piece and that welded fine.
So far I will give it top marks.

David
 

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I have a used HF 110 model I have been playing around with.
Very heavy but so far OK.
 

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I have the 220v model and it works. You have to time your spot welds. IE: count to 4 or 5 and watch the weld. Too long, you burn through, to short, it does not weld. But it works. Keep the posts clean. Once they are dirty, nothing works.
 

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I have a 220-volt model and it does a fantastic job! Installing a new battery box using the original spot weld positions. Yes, they are pretty heavy! PJ

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