I was talking to a friend of a friend in a pub and he claimed that when he left school, he did an apprenticeship as a welder and that he worked as one for several years. Okay, no problem.
The chap then told of high times and much money made when welding using sol id silver rods. He said that when the rods were spent, he and co workers wo uld pocket the stub ends for selling as silver scrap. Most of the prior con versation concerned arc welding, so I assume that is the flavour of work he was referring to.
Later, he elaborated on the extent of his welding skills by claiming that h e could weld aluminium foil.
Both of the above strike me as bullshit, especially in the context of indus trial applications, being the claimed field of expertise. I could perhaps i magine some fancy jewelers being able to do something along the lines of wh at was claimed.
So, was this all clearly bullshit, or could there be a grain of truth somew here?
Cheers. Terry.