I've seen several body men on Okinawa do a continuous pass with a needle-sharp acetylene flame on body metal with virtually no distortion and no fill rod- - - -just butt-weld the seam together on a tightly-fitted patch panel. It was a real education! I can do it, but not as neatly as some of those guys did!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!