Goodmorning everyone!!
So, here"s my newest video...
Its about Spark Testing, the process of taking a grinder to a piece of metal, and using the sparks it gives off to determine its composition...
In this video we spark test mild steel, tool steel, cast steel, malleable iron, gray cast and white cast...
Its just a little basic crash course in spark testing, so maybe it can help you determine what you"re working with... I think its fascinating... I first heard about spark testing when I welded that old vise, and ever since then, I"ve been reading up on it, and practicing it... Usually, when I post a video here I like to do a write-up on it, so that people that can"t watch the video can see whats in it... But I"m not sure how to do that with spark testing... A picture is worth a thousand words. I"ll put in a link to a nice wikipedia article someone did, tho...
Anyway, just thought I"d share, maybe it can help someone out someday.
Have an awesome week, everyone
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So, here"s my newest video...
Its about Spark Testing, the process of taking a grinder to a piece of metal, and using the sparks it gives off to determine its composition...
In this video we spark test mild steel, tool steel, cast steel, malleable iron, gray cast and white cast...
Its just a little basic crash course in spark testing, so maybe it can help you determine what you"re working with... I think its fascinating... I first heard about spark testing when I welded that old vise, and ever since then, I"ve been reading up on it, and practicing it... Usually, when I post a video here I like to do a write-up on it, so that people that can"t watch the video can see whats in it... But I"m not sure how to do that with spark testing... A picture is worth a thousand words. I"ll put in a link to a nice wikipedia article someone did, tho...
Anyway, just thought I"d share, maybe it can help someone out someday.
Have an awesome week, everyone
video1
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