[TheForge] Last two events...long

[Ralph E Douglass]

Phlip wrote:

> I dunno- every now and then, I realize I've been doing this long enough that
> I have established habits and ways of doing that work for me, but as a
> teacher, I need to break them down so I can make these skills available to
> my students. I guess what I'm really looking for, is how to explain to
> someone how and what to see, just as a blind guy once explained to me, when
> tuning instruments, what to look for and hear...
> 
> Phlip

Not sure if this will help or not, but here goes. At least for welding.
Long ago one of the old smiths I knew ( in his 80's) told me that weld
temp was when the steel and flux looked just like a pat of butter on a
peice of toast under a broiler as it started to melt. The color and the
swirls. So far that has worked well for me.

Ralph

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