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Hi Ann metalurgawhat? I had to go look that one up to make sure it wasn't a metal allergy or something Only thing i saw on the search results of any interest was from another forum http://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=246846 cool eh? Talking about our scrap iron on a physics forum :P Around 82ish, at a little country store, they had used a items area where i saw a book on welding, one of the thick, full coverage kind. I paid the dollar for it, and soon had a small plumbers (portable) type oxy acetylene, cutting/welding tips included, on lay away at a local pawn shop. The best part of that rig turned out to be the higher quality type two stage regulators, since the bottles were so small they burned out too soon, and cost a lot to refill, but I found a welding supply that would let me "trade up" ( crediting my trade in at the same rate they sold them for ; ) I was soon the owner of the largest bottles they carried, which cost little more to refill as the smallest bottles had cost ( handling i suppose) Also found a full set of welding tips at a flea market at a great price also Between that cutting/welding rig and that book I had a ton of fun learning about metal work, heat treatment/molding/fabrication of various metals, but soon found myself in another state working on trucks for a couple years, and left the rig here on the farm for my dad to use. I eventually made my way to TN and landed a job as a ship fitter at a barge yard in Nashville. All because of a little $1 welding book still have it Modern Welding, Goodheart-Willcox 1976 752pgs