anyone ever cut a quarter panel off with a hack saw?

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Old Dec 3, 2010 | 03:54 PM
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so i need to get a piece of a quarter panel off a car at the junk yard. problem is you cant get power out there for a sawzall. so could it be done with a hack saw? i dont need the whole thing just a piece at the edge by the door the car got hit on the door and it went a inch or so into the quarter right inbetween the middle and lower trim on a crx. any ideas?
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Old Dec 3, 2010 | 04:23 PM
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use a battery operated saws all and a drill to start the hole for the saws all
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Old Dec 3, 2010 | 11:22 PM
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you can usually find a rental battery operated sawsall from a hardware store or something. But using a hack saw will take forever
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Old Dec 3, 2010 | 11:35 PM
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I've seen people use a gas powered motor turn a alternator and covert that power to dc voltage and they used power tools n the junkyard lol get creative
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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 01:21 AM
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Default Re: anyone ever cut a quarter panel off with a hack saw?

i saw one guy bring a 12v to 110 converter and three truck batteries out to a car, and hooked the converter up to each battery till they were all dead
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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 07:07 AM
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well thanks guys but that sounds more expensive then what its worth. ill look into renting a cordless sawzall.
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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 07:27 AM
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Default Re: anyone ever cut a quarter panel off with a hack saw?

I borrow these from work. It very quickly gets the job done. lol



But I would say a hack say may be a very long process. Have never tried it myself.
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Old Dec 4, 2010 | 09:27 AM
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^^^junkyard around here dont let anyone use a saw that could start a fire, only saw all i think, to the op if the dent is only a inch slid hammer and bondo
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