Originally Posted By: Shotgunjones
So you picked up on the 'Casablanca' reference, but I bet you had to look up metal-lurgist.
Not really- I may not be one, but I know how to spell that word- the AWS Welding Journal and also the Lincoln Electric Co. "Stabilizer" use that word in reference to a welder's need to know the basics of both ferrous and non-ferrous metals identification- ie: spark testing on ferrous metals, etc. There is an old but true saying that a good quality weld depends on 90% proper preparation, and basic knowledge of metallurgy is part and parcel of that. And with that, you can "Knock on wood"- with or without Mr. Dooley Wilson on the "shortened Steinway"!!

Last edited by Run With The Fox; 02/11/14 11:24 PM.
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