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jmowreader

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17. It's worse than I thought. They're spot welding it.

Reply to ProudLib72 (Reply #8)

Sat Feb 17, 2018, 06:32 PM

Feb 2018

The most popular industrial welding process is MIG welding - especially on robotic welding systems. TIG makes a REALLY good, and really pretty, weld - but it's really expensive. If they TIG welded the bodies of these cars together, you'd have to add about $5000 to the price.

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